1GEDIT(1)                    General Commands Manual                   GEDIT(1)
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NAME

6       gedit - text editor for the GNOME Desktop
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SYNOPSIS

10       gedit [OPTION...] [FILE...] [+LINE[:COLUMN]]
11       gedit [OPTION...] -
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DESCRIPTION

15       gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment.
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17       While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general
18       purpose text editor.  It can be used to create and edit  all  kinds  of
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21       gedit  features  a  flexible plugin system which can be used to dynami‐
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OPTIONS

25       --encoding
26              Set the character encoding to be  used  for  opening  the  files
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29       --list-encodings
30              Display  list  of  possible  values  for the encoding option and
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33       --new-window
34              Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of gedit.
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36       --new-document
37              Create a new document in an existing instance of gedit.
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39       -s, --standalone
40              Run gedit in standalone mode.
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45       --help Prints the command line options.
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47       --version
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50       FILE   Specifies the file to open when gedit starts.  If  this  is  not
51              specified,  gedit  will load a blank file with an "Unsaved Docu‐
52              ment" label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are  separated
53              by  spaces.   gedit  also supports handling of remote files. For
54              example, you can pass the location of a webpage to gedit ,  like
55              "http://www.gnome.org",  or  load a file from a FTP server, like
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58       -      gedit will read from stdin
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60       +LINE  For all the files specified on command  line,  go  to  the  line
61              specified  by  LINE  (do not insert a space between the "+" sign
62              and the number).  If LINE is missing, go to the last line.
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64       COLUMN For all the files specified on command line, go  to  the  column
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BUGS

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

74       Paolo Maggi (paolo@gnome.org)
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76       Paolo Borelli (pborelli@gnome.org)
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78       Steve Frécinaux (code@istique.net)
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80       Jesse van den Kieboom (jessevdk@gnome.org)
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82       Ignacio Casal Quinteiro <icq@gnome.org>
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84       James Willcox (jwillcox@gnome.org)
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86       Federico Mena Quintero (federico@novell.com)
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93                                  17 May 2010                         GEDIT(1)
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