1PLUMA(1)                    General Commands Manual                   PLUMA(1)
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NAME

6       Pluma - The MATE Text Editor
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SYNOPSIS

9       pluma [OPTIONS...] [FILES...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Pluma  is  the  official  text  editor of the MATE desktop environment.
13       While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, Pluma is a powerful general
14       purpose  text  editor.  It  can be used to create and edit all sorts of
15       text files.
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17       Pluma features a flexible plugin system which can be  used  to  dynami‐
18       cally add new advanced features to Pluma itself.
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20       This manual page briefly documents the pluma command.
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OPTIONS

24       filename(s)...
25              Specifies  the  file  to  open when pluma starts. If this is not
26              specified, pluma will start a new, blank file with  an  "Unsaved
27              Document"  label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are sepa‐
28              rated by spaces. pluma also supports handling of remote files.
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30       --display=DISPLAY
31              X display to use.
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33       --encoding
34              Set the character encoding to be  used  for  opening  the  files
35              listed on the command line.
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37       --new-window
38              Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of pluma.
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40       --new-document
41              Create  a  new document in an existing instance of pluma, on the
42              last Pluma window that had focus.
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44       +[num] For the first file, go to the line specified by  "num"  (do  not
45              insert  a  space between the "+" sign and the number).  If "num"
46              is missing, go to the last line.
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48       --list-encodings
49              Display list of possible values for the encoding option and exit
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51       --version
52              Output version information and exit
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54       -?, -h, --help
55              Print standard command line options.
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57       --help-all
58              Print all command line options.
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60       This program also accepts the standard GTK options.
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EXAMPLES

64       pluma   --encoding   WINDOWS-1252   ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker‐
65       nel/README
66           Open  the  Linux  Kernel  README  file from kernel.org's FTP server
67           using Windows-1252 character encoding.
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69       pluma +156 http://mate-desktop.org/
70           Open the main web page of mate-desktop.org and jump to line 156.
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72       pluma --new-window ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_history
73           Open the current users .bashrc and .bash_history  files  in  a  new
74           Pluma window.
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BUGS

78   Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:
79       http://github.com/mate-desktop/pluma/issues
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NOTES

82       This version of the Pluma Manual Page was written with Pluma. =)
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AUTHORS

85   This  Man Page has been updated/re-written for the MATE Desktop Environment
86       by:
87       Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014)
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HISTORY

90   Some portions of this manual were originally written  by  Gedit's  previous
91       developers, to accompany it in the GNOME Desktop Environment by:
92       Paolo Maggi <paolo@gnome.org>
93       Paolo Borelli <pborelli@katamail.com>
94       James Willcox <jwillcox@gnome.org>
95       Federico Mena Quintero <federico@novell.com>
96       Chema Celorio
97       (2000-2010)
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SEE ALSO

100   Pluma  documentation  can be found from the "Help" menu, or by pressing the
101       F1 key.
102       Further information may also be  available  at:  http://wiki.mate-desk
103       top.org/docs
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