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 environment.

       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/robots.txt".

       -      gedit will read from stdin

       +LINE  For all the files specified on command line, 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  all  the files specified on command line, 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)