GEDIT(1)                    General Commands Manual                   GEDIT(1)

NAME
       gedit - a general-purpose text editor


SYNOPSIS
       gedit [OPTION...] [FILE...] [+LINE[:COLUMN]]
       gedit [OPTION...] -


DESCRIPTION
       gedit is an easy-to-use and general-purpose text editor. Its
       development started in 1998, at the beginnings of the GNOME project,
       with a good integration with that desktop environment.

       You can use it to write simple notes and documents, or you can enable
       more advanced features that are useful for software development.


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 the first file, 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 the first file, 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://gedit-technology.github.io/apps/gedit/reporting-bugs.html

AUTHORS
       Paolo Borelli
       Sebastien Wilmet
       Ignacio Casal Quinteiro
       Jesse van den Kieboom
       Paolo Maggi
       and many others.

                                 17 July 2022                         GEDIT(1)