Learn Gedit

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Introduction

gedit is the default text editor of the GNOME desktop environment and part of the GNOME Core Applications. Designed as a general-purpose text editor, gedit emphasizes simplicity and ease of use, with a clean and simple GUI.

Educational application and relevance

Designed as a general-purpose text editor.

Version

Stable release 3.22.3 (9 November 2016) Preview release 3.23.91 (1 March 2017)

Configuration

It is free and open-source software subject to the requirements of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.[4] gedit is also available for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

Overview of Features

  1. gedit also has tabs for editing multiple files. Tabs can be moved between various windows by the user.
  2. It supports a full undo and redo system as well as search and replace.
  3. gedit has an optional side pane displaying the list of open files.

Other similar applications

Text Editor, Notepad, Komodo Editor

Development and community help

Paolo Borelli, Steve Frécinaux, Jesse van den Kieboom, James Willcox, Chema Celorio, Federico Mena Quintero,

Working with the application

Functionalities

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File formats for creation

Saving the file

Like in most applications, a file can be saved using the FILE – SAVE AS command, or by the short-cut key CTRL-S. Always give a meaningful file name, reading which you should get an idea of the file contents.

Export and publishing files

No export option in this tool.

Advanced features

Installation

Method of installation Steps
From Ubuntu software Centre Search for Gedit
From Terminal sudo apt-get install gedit
From the web
Web based registration Steps

The application on mobiles and tablets

In Android phones you can download many text editors from play store.

  • Text Editor
  • Memo

Ideas for resource creation

References

Gedit Wikipedia