GEDIT(1) General Commands Manual GEDIT(1)
NAME
gedit - general-purpose text editor
SYNOPSIS
gedit [OPTION...] [FILE...] [+LINE[:COLUMN]]
gedit [OPTION...] -
DESCRIPTION
gedit is a general-purpose text editor.
The first goal of gedit is to be easy to use, with a simple interface
by default. More advanced features are available by enabling plugins.
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 the first file, go to the line specified by LINE (do not in-
sert a space between the "+" sign and the number). If LINE is
missing, go to the last line.
COLUMN For the first file, go to the column specified by COLUMN. If
COLUMN is missing, go to the first column.
BUGS
If you find a bug, please report it at the GNOME bug tracker. See:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ReportingBugs
AUTHORS
Paolo Borelli
Sébastien Wilmet
Ignacio Casal Quinteiro
Jesse van den Kieboom
Paolo Maggi
and many others.
17 July 2022 GEDIT(1)
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