User Commands                                            gedit(1)



NAME
     gnome-text-editor, gedit - Text Editor for the  GNOME  desk-
     top.

SYNOPSIS
     gnome-text-editor    gedit  [--encoding=encoding]   [--new-
     document]    [--new-window]   [][num]   [gnome-std-options]
     [filename]

DESCRIPTION
     gedit or gnome-text-editor 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. Multiple  documents
     can  be edited at the same time.  Each document resides in a
     specific tabbed section of the application window.

     gedit features a flexible plugin system which can be used to
     dynamically add new advanced features to gedit itself.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     --encoding=encoding     Set the  character  encoding  to  be
                             used to open the files listed on the
                             command line.



     --new-document          Create a new top-level  document  or
                             tabbed   section   in   an  existing
                             instance of gedit.



     --new-window            Create a new top-level window 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.



     gnome-std-options       Standard options available  for  use
                             with  most  GNOME applications.  See



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                             gnome-std-options(5) for more infor-
                             mation.




OPERANDS
     The following operands are supported:

     filename                The name of the image file to edit.



EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
     The gedit application accepts pipes, so you  can  specify  a
     pipe  after  another command, to load the output of the com-
     mand into gedit. For example:

     example% ls -l  gedit

EXAMPLES
     Example 1: To Edit an ASCI File Named document.txt

     example% gedit document.txt

     Example 2: To Add a New Tab  That  Contains  an  ASCI  File
     Named book.txt

     example% gedit --new-document book.txt

     Example 3: To Add a New Top-Level Window  That  Contains  an
     ASCI File Named testfile.txt

     example% gedit --new-window testfile.txt

EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0        Application exited successfully.



     >0       An error occurred.



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/gedit                  The executable file for  the
                                     gnome-text-editor   applica-
                                     tion.



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     /usr/bin/gnome-text-editor      A symbolic link to the gedit
                                     executable file.



     /usr/lib/gedit/plugins          Location of gedit plugins.



     /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gedit   Location of developer  docu-
                                     mentation   for   writing  a
                                     gedit plugin.



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-text-editor       
    
     Interface stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     libgtksourceview-1.0(3), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)

     Online Help gedit manual.

NOTES
     This man page was written by  the  following  people:  Paolo
     Maggi, Paolo Borelli, Chema Celorio, James Willcox, Federico
     Mena Quintero.

     Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004,
     2006.















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