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gedit

Edits text, supports internationalized text, syntax highlighting, undo/redo, file reverting, and print functions across GNOME, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.

Made by GNOME Foundation

    What is gedit?

    The gedit text editor provides cross-platform functionality, supporting the GNOME desktop environment, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. Its feature set includes internationalized text capabilities, syntax highlighting, undo and redo operations, file reverting, as well as print and print preview functionality. Designed with simplicity and usability in mind, gedit also offers robust general-purpose text editing capabilities

    Highlights

    • Cross-platform support for GNOME, macOS, and Windows
    • Internationalized text handling
    • Syntax highlighting for various code languages
    • Undo and redo operations
    • File reverting
    • Print and print preview support

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    Features

      • Undo/Redo

      • A complete online user manual

      • A flexible plugin system which can be used to

      • Go to specific line

      • Configurable syntax highlighting for various

      • Right margin

      • Current line highlighting

      • Auto indentation

      • File reverting

      • Clipboard support (cut/copy/paste)

      • Search and Replace

      • Bracket matching

      • Full support for internationalized text (UTF-8)

      • Line numbers

      • Configurable fonts and colors

      • Editing files from remote locations

      • Text Wrapping

      • Print and print preview support

      • Backup files