# gedit

Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000 by Alex Roberts and Evan Lawrence

Copyright © 2000 by Eric Baudais (Documentation Author)

# Introduction

`Gedit` is a light-weight text editor. It has all the basic features you come to expect from a simple text editor, but `gedit` has a native graphic user interface (GUI). `Gedit` also has command line arguments available to users to quickly and easily view and edit files from a terminal. Overall, `gedit` is an easy to use text editor with utilizing the powerful capabilities of the GNOME desktop.

`Gedit` has a verastile plug-in architecture to extend its capablilties. This allows you to perform functions you don't normally except from a text editor, such as piping the outputing of a shell command to the screen. The plug-in architecture also lets you email people, browse the internet, or produce a diff from `gedit`.

`Gedit` provides a variety of ways to accomplish all your text editing needs. `Gedit` has the traditional menu, with all the commands, tools, and options. It also has a toolbar, where the commands you use most often will be found. You can also place the menu and the toolbar anywhere on the desktop you choose, for quick access. `Gedit` also has a menu in the text window. You need to click the right mouse button to access the menu. Inside you'll see the common editing commands you use the most. `Gedit` provides a menu, toolbar, and right click menu in order to give you the quickest and easiest access to `gedit's` commands.

To run `gedit`, select gedit from the Applications submenu of the Main Menu, or type gedit on the command line.

`Gedit` is a basic application of the GNOME desktop environment. This document describes version 0.9.0 of `gedit`.

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