NAME
gedit - text editor for the GNOME Desktop
SYNOPSIS
gedit [--help] [--encoding] [--new-window]
[--new-document] [+[num]] [filename(s)...]
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 dynamically add new advanced features to gedit itself.
OPTIONS
- --help
- Prints the command line options.
- --encoding
- Set the character encoding to be used for opening the files
listed on the command line".
- --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.
- +[num]
- For the first file, go to the line specified by "num" (do not
insert a space between the "+" sign and the number). If "num" is
missing, go to the last line.
- filename(s)...
- 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 "
BUGS
If you find a bug, please report it at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gedit.
AUTHORS
Paolo Maggi (paolo@gnome.org)
- Paolo Borelli (pborelli@katamail.com)
- James Willcox (jwillcox@gnome.org)
- Federico Mena Quintero (federico@novell.com)
- Chema Celorio