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

                                                  17 July 2022                                          GEDIT(1)