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

6       gedit - general-purpose text editor
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SYNOPSIS

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

15       gedit is a general-purpose text editor.
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17       The  first  goal of gedit is to be easy to use, with a simple interface
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OPTIONS

22       --encoding
23              Set the character encoding to be  used  for  opening  the  files
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27              Display  list  of  possible  values  for the encoding option and
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30       --new-window
31              Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of gedit.
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34              Create a new document in an existing instance of gedit.
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36       -s, --standalone
37              Run gedit in standalone mode.
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42       --help Prints the command line options.
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47       FILE   Specifies the file to open when gedit starts.  If  this  is  not
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49              ment" label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are  separated
50              by  spaces.   gedit  also supports handling of remote files. For
51              example, you can pass the location of a webpage to gedit ,  like
52              "http://www.gnome.org",  or  load a file from a FTP server, like
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57       +LINE  For the first file, go to the line specified by LINE (do not in‐
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BUGS

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

70       Paolo Borelli
71       Sébastien Wilmet
72       Ignacio Casal Quinteiro
73       Jesse van den Kieboom
74       Paolo Maggi
75       and many others.
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79                                 17 July 2022                         GEDIT(1)
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