GEDIT(1)                 General Commands Manual                 GEDIT(1)

NAME
       gedit - text editor for the GNOME Desktop

SYNOPSIS
       gedit [OPTION...] [FILE...] [+LINE[:COLUMN]]
       gedit [OPTION...] -

DESCRIPTION
       gedit  is  the  official text editor of the GNOME desktop environ‐
       ment.

       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
       --encoding
              Set the character encoding to be used for opening the files
              listed on the command line.

       --list-encodings
              Display list of possible values for the encoding option and
              exit.

       --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.

       -s, --standalone
              Run gedit in standalone mode.

       -w, --wait
              Open files and block the gedit process.

       --help Prints the command line options.

       --version
              Output version information and exit.

       FILE   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  "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/ro‐
              bots.txt".

       -      gedit will read from stdin

       +LINE  For  the  first  file, go to the line specified by LINE (do
              not insert a space between the "+" sign  and  the  number).
              If LINE is missing, go to the last line.

       COLUMN For  the  first file, go to the column specified by COLUMN.
              If COLUMN is missing, go to the first column.

BUGS
       If you find a bug, please report it at the GNOME bug tracker.  See
       https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ReportingBugs.

AUTHORS
       Paolo Maggi (paolo@gnome.org)

       Paolo Borelli (pborelli@gnome.org)

       Steve Frécinaux (code@istique.net)

       Jesse van den Kieboom (jessevdk@gnome.org)

       Ignacio Casal Quinteiro <icq@gnome.org>

       James Willcox (jwillcox@gnome.org)

       Federico Mena Quintero (federico@novell.com)

       Chema Celorio

                               17 May 2010                       GEDIT(1)