GEDIT(1) General Commands Manual GEDIT(1)
NAME
gedit - text editor for the GNOME Desktop
SYNOPSIS
gedit [OPTION...] [FILE...] [+LINE[:COLUMN]]
gedit [OPTION...] -
DESCRIPTION
gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment.
While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general
purpose text editor. It can be used to create and edit all kinds of
text files.
gedit features a flexible plugin system which can be used to dynami-
cally add new advanced features to gedit itself.
OPTIONS
--encoding
Set the character encoding to be used for opening the files
listed on the command line.
--list-encodings
Display list of possible values for the encoding option and
exit.
--new-window
Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of gedit.
--new-document
Create a new document in an existing instance of gedit.
-s, --standalone
Run gedit in standalone mode.
-w, --wait
Open files and block the gedit process.
--help Prints the command line options.
--version
Output version information and exit.
FILE Specifies the file to open when gedit starts. If this is not
specified, gedit will load a blank file with an "Unsaved Docu-
ment" label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are separated
by spaces. gedit also supports handling of remote files. For
example, you can pass the location of a webpage to gedit , like
"http://www.gnome.org", or load a file from a FTP server, like
"ftp://ftp.gnome.org/robots.txt".
- gedit will read from stdin
+LINE For all the files specified on command line, go to the line
specified by LINE (do not insert a space between the "+" sign
and the number). If LINE is missing, go to the last line.
COLUMN For all the files specified on command line, go to the column
specified by COLUMN. If COLUMN is missing, go to the first col-
umn.
BUGS
If you find a bug, please report it at the GNOME bug tracker. See
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ReportingBugs.
AUTHORS
Paolo Maggi (paolo@gnome.org)
Paolo Borelli (pborelli@gnome.org)
Steve Frécinaux (code@istique.net)
Jesse van den Kieboom (jessevdk@gnome.org)
Ignacio Casal Quinteiro <icq@gnome.org>
James Willcox (jwillcox@gnome.org)
Federico Mena Quintero (federico@novell.com)
Chema Celorio
17 May 2010 GEDIT(1)
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