gedit - a simple text editor

gedit - a simple text editor

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gedit - a simple text editor

App details

Release date

2023-01-11

Last update

2023-12-08

Product ID

9NCQ8B0NVCW3

Categories

Developer tools

About gedit - a simple text editor

gedit is an open-source 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.

Its development started in 1998 and is multi-platform. It is best known on Linux, as part of the GNOME desktop environment project.

Key features

  • Files are opened in tabs
  • Full support for internationalized text (UTF-8)
  • Syntax highlighting for lots of languages (Python, Shell, C, C++, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, Markdown and many others)
  • Configurable fonts and colors
  • Print and print preview support
  • Search and replace with support of regular expressions
  • A side panel with an integrated file browser
  • Spell-checking
  • Word auto-completion
  • Undo/Redo
  • Auto indentation
  • Text wrapping
  • Line numbers
  • Right margin
  • Highlight matching brackets
  • Backup files
  • A flexible plugin system which can be used to dynamically add new advanced features