NAME

       gedit - general-purpose text editor

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       gedit is a general-purpose text editor.

       The  first  goal  of  gedit is to be easy to use, with a simple interface by default. More
       advanced features are available by enabling plugins.

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://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ReportingBugs

AUTHORS

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

                                           17 July 2022                                  GEDIT(1)