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Official text editor of the gnome desktop environment
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Gedit is a text editor which supports most standard editor features, extending this basic functionality with other features not usually found in simple text editors. gedit is a graphical application which supports editing multiple text files in one window (known sometimes as tabs or mdi).

gedit fully supports international text through its use of the unicode utf-8 encoding in edited files. its core feature set includes syntax highlighting of source code, auto indentation and printing and print preview support.

gedit is also extensible through its plugin system, which currently includes support for spell checking, comparing files, viewing cvs changelogs, and adjusting indentation levels.

User reviews:

		Score	Comment
4 months ago	aanand_ub	2	Geany is richer, more customizable and equally light weight.
6 months ago	zboraon	5	what else is there?
10 months ago	jukswede	5	amazing
1 year ago	Hammer459	2	Why invent new editors all the time. There are two (and the rivalry takes on epic proportions) Emacs or Vi (Vim) Emacs is the most advanced you will ever see and Vi is the original since early 70-s
1 year ago	oussama	5	wonderful editor
1 year ago	cryptor	4	Editor imprescindible, rápido y bonito.
1 year ago	markator	3	It does not come with tag highlight activated as sublime text does. You have to google for a module, for the way to install it an to activate it.
1 year ago	ngabor7	5	Got everything a text editor needs.
1 year ago	novo1987	5	1*
1 year ago	hitch	5	Love it, especially the dark theme mode. So much earier on the eyes...
1 year ago	lib2know	4	does what it should,not too exciting
2 years ago	asderceder	5	Recently became my favourite plain text editor. Doesn't look as sleek at Leafpad but is really useful for programming, CSS editing and similar.
2 years ago	Sabur	5	Best
2 years ago	luisbraganca	5	Who needs notepad++
2 years ago	Link9	5	Стандартный блокнот можно в нём и покодить.
2 years ago	fresh_user	5	I'm mostly using sublime, but gedit is nice to have for simple and quick edits, especially from terminal
2 years ago	Gyurka	5	I love this simple editor. When I first moved to Linux from Windows, I used to run Notepad++ with Wine out of habit. Once I got familiar with gedit I am using it about 90% of the time. It is quick and handy without a lot of overhead. This is not the most capable text editor but for most days, this is all I need.
2 years ago	maxximo11	5	Love it
2 years ago	AdrianoTorres	4	Simple and direct,
2 years ago	Transformator	5	You need!
2 years ago	jahid_0903014	5	Awesome editor
2 years ago	Dirkoir	3	With built-in spell checker, it's a little above your average default text editor, but not by much. Gedit has trouble with slightly large (e.g. 2.7 MB) text files and has no macro making or line length reformatting. Sort and capitalization change can be added via plug-ins (the Sort plugin has a very neat 'remove duplicates' feature) once you learn about the plugins, that is. But, by that time you are probably already searching for a more powerful text editor -- one which is more befitting the tweak-everything Linux world. ;-)
2 years ago	AdrianArde	5	A excelent editor!Good Work
3 years ago	Fifis	4	As a generic tool for dealing with miscellaneous programming languages, it is very nice, but less powerful than Kate. However, for TeX, TeXStudio is better; for R, RStudio is better. Besides, the “Replace” dialogue missing the “Regex” option makes you blindly guess what “\\” will be treated like. A basic tool, nothing more, but for simple text files that will do.
3 years ago	TheFlyingIndian	5	A good basic Editor....Works Great!!!
3 years ago	bahrampc	5	my favorite editor
3 years ago	bjtamas	5	Egyszerű, gyors, megbízható!
3 years ago	authmane512	1	It's basic
3 years ago	revrww	5	Great editor
3 years ago	Vector-full	4	sencillo y practico
3 years ago	burak3	3	Spent a lot of time searching for plugins to get working all features I needed. Besides it took a while, I did not find all of it. Also movement between words (Ctrl+left/right) worked in a different manner than I am used to.
3 years ago	stevewood007	4	Liked it before, but I've switched to Geany now due to some Gedit plugins being broken. LM15 Cinnamon.
3 years ago	josef7	5	Does a lot & easy to use
3 years ago	xerebus	4	Super Editor
3 years ago	Miau	4	Gedit junto al plugin Smart Highlight es de los programas que más utilizo
4 years ago	berrlone9	1	this is too old and not compatible with the gedit-plugins in the repo
4 years ago	killkenny	4	Basico mas bom
4 years ago	ulrich3110	4	Good editor.
4 years ago	sujitnag	5	good GUI editor. I like to use it.
4 years ago	hermes333	4	Very useful!
4 years ago	AshBaby	5	Good editor.. ample features
4 years ago	cqdyer	4	C'est ok...
4 years ago	telcnas	5	Awesome gui based text editor....support colour coding for various programming lang...
4 years ago	myaquila	4	good simple editor
4 years ago	quake0	5	works great.
4 years ago	gauravjuvekar	5	better than any thing else, but geany is best for coding
4 years ago	mysoomro	4	It's nice, but there are many better text editors.. Gedit has a hard competition.. Of course, it's wayyy better then Microsoft Notepad.
4 years ago	silicont	5	Gedit has the basic bases covered. If you need more there are others, but this is 101 basics essential.
4 years ago	Duff	5	All I need.
5 years ago	cjwelborn	5	i use it for shell scripts too...
5 years ago	jonashendrickx	5	Perfect
5 years ago	dianat100	5	Best there is!
5 years ago	drsmyrke	4	Скорости при открытии файла бы ему прибавить! А в общем отличный редактор!
5 years ago	Thinker	5	Simply Awesome..
5 years ago	macg	5	Excellent
5 years ago	crismblog	5	Excellent
5 years ago	TommyBdk	4	Very good, does a good job, quick.
5 years ago	ulysses	4	A good constant companion.
5 years ago	Mintification	5	For plain text editing, gedit really can't be beat. Moving from Windows, it's the equivalent of the essential Notepad program.
5 years ago	fiver22	4	tiny and useful
5 years ago	Snoopy77	5	Klein, fein, funktioniert !
5 years ago	Emil89	5	I wouldn't be able to live without it. It's exactly what I want in a plain text editor.
5 years ago	JESSEJJ89	5	A must for any developer :)
5 years ago	chassum	5	One of the essential apps. Lightweight and robust. Even if it's not your mainl IDE (though it could be), you'll want to keep it handy.
5 years ago	abunse	1	autosave not enabled by default. Working with tabs and not beeing able to disable it. A.s.o.....
5 years ago	augusto_mint	5	A great text editor. Never needed anything else.
5 years ago	newrave	4	Ein Texteditor ist ein Texteditor bleibt ein Texteditor. Gedit ist einer der besseren.
5 years ago	blueXrider	4	like it
5 years ago	Labby	5	What's not to like about gedit? It's simple and gets the job done.
5 years ago	RavS	5	An awesome editor. Just works...
5 years ago	bugz	4	Very straight forward and usable in daily note saving routines.
5 years ago	atifhans	5	Best editor. I do verilog coding in it and it works best.
5 years ago	OnesimusUnbound	4	simple, lightweight editor.
5 years ago	prativasic	5	By far, the best editor in simplest form.
5 years ago	tamoghna4	4	symple & easy
5 years ago	kazztan0325	5	I cannot programming, but sometimes edit text files. It is simple and easy to use.
6 years ago	Andria	5	with new version this software become a powerful tool
6 years ago	H5N1	4	Top usage, just like a Macintosh simple text.
6 years ago	RytronII	5	There are many great text editors in GNU/Linux but this is still my fave.
6 years ago	Steampunk-Nick	5	Easy to use text editor suitable for everyone
6 years ago	Dannie	5	Great and easy to use text editor. I have written some websites in it and it has worked without problems.
6 years ago	AllGamer	5	this is the App i use the most on my machine
6 years ago	crom	2	Can't open some normal text files which Leafpad opens without problems.
6 years ago	DynamicMan	5	So simple, yet so awesome.
6 years ago	mitanshugamer	5	great...
6 years ago	timoto	4	Good basic text editor
6 years ago	Germmare	5	.. i most use this !!! ...
6 years ago	bst2	3	I prefer (g)vim
6 years ago	zaenal1234	5	very good, & I often use it.
6 years ago	Mitzh	5	simple and nice, especially like the syntax highlightning
6 years ago	mikefreeman	5	Essential tool.
6 years ago	troy	5	I use this all the time!
6 years ago	sayan_acharjee	4	good one =]
6 years ago	ChirmiPlay	5	Le da un terrible puntapié al Bloc de Notas y a su hermano WordPad de Windows.
6 years ago	orionthehunter	5	Gedit is fast and quite elegant. It has intelligent color-coding based on file type and is generally quite polished.
6 years ago	grim	5	Just great!
6 years ago	NumberSeventeen	5	Noting bad about it.
6 years ago	RobinJ	5	It' awsome! A super fast and light-weight text editor that supports syntax highlighting and addons! What else would you need in a text editor?
6 years ago	jamesm	5	I use gedit for all my projects, its a great editor.. Thanks for this peice of software.
6 years ago	L3nz	5	Great features and awesome customizability.
6 years ago	sskeller	5	great editor with syntax highlighting
6 years ago	wanda	5	Gebrauch es taglich sehr gut.
6 years ago	Elisa	5	Cool!
6 years ago	kip-	5	i use it every day,very very usefull! you can edit even css with that or you can make stream file if you know your favour radiostation stream link simple create file.m3u with link inside and open with vlc media player.. love it!
6 years ago	lollo6_83	5	I love its customizability! plugins and themes are a big plus.
6 years ago	m4daredsun	5	I use it everyday to edit any kind of file, from basic text to C++ code. Can't live without it
6 years ago	sewmyheadon	5	Use it all the time and it does exactly what I need it to do.
6 years ago	incogita	5	A text editor swiss army knife. Whatever you want to do, write notes, program Java, or whatever else, this text editor can be customised to your needs. A brilliantly simple and clean interface, forget Notepad++, this is Notepad#.
6 years ago	brettalton	5	Can almost be used as an IDE with it's plugins. Great for programming
6 years ago	dbpatankar	3	Time to save the document increased considerably.
6 years ago	Jac978	4	Great tool.
7 years ago	nikhilsinha	2	I used to like gEdit in Linux Mint 7, now in Linux Mint 9 it takes more than 5 seconds to open or save a normal text file. This problem is a deal breaker for me.
7 years ago	barthossius	4	Prosty edytor, ale dzi?ki wtyczkom staje si? bardzo u?yteczny.
7 years ago	alisahaf	5	very good text editor with the plug-ins
7 years ago	darkprof	5	the best editor to work correctly with the Russian encodings, sorry there is no syntax highlighting for assembler
7 years ago	Rufus	4	I prefer gedit over OpenOffice as long as no complicated text formatting is necessary.

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