GEDIT
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 17 July 2022
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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 Document" 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 insert 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.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- BUGS
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- AUTHORS
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