Translations by Akom C.

gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general purpose text editor.

Whether you are writing the next bestseller, programming an innovative application, or simply taking some quick notes, gedit will be a reliable tool to accomplish your task.

Its flexible plugin system allows you to tailor the application to your needs and adapt it to your workflow.

gedit Text Editor

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New Window

New Document

Whether to use the system’s default fixed width font for editing text instead of a font specific to gedit. If this option is turned off, then the font named in the “Editor Font” option will be used instead of the system font.

'Monospace 12'

A custom font that will be used for the editing area. This will only take effect if the “Use Default Font” option is turned off.

Whether gedit should create backup copies for the files it saves.

Whether gedit should automatically save modified files after a time interval. You can set the time interval with the “Autosave Interval” option.

Number of minutes after which gedit will automatically save modified files. This will only take effect if the “Autosave” option is turned on.

Maximum number of actions that gedit will be able to undo or redo. Use “-1” for unlimited number of actions.

Specifies how to wrap long lines in the editing area. Use “none” for no wrapping, “word” for wrapping at word boundaries, and “char” for wrapping at individual character boundaries. Note that the values are case-sensitive, so make sure they appear exactly as mentioned here.

Last split mode choice for line wrapping mode

Specifies the last split mode used with line wrapping mode, so that when wrapping mode is off we still remember the split mode choice. Use “word” for wrapping at word boundaries, and “char” for wrapping at individual character boundaries.

Highlight Matching Brackets

Whether gedit should highlight matching brackets.

Display Overview Map

Whether gedit should display the overview map for the document.

Document background pattern type

Whether the document will get a background pattern painted.

Specifies how the cursor moves when the HOME and END keys are pressed. Use “disabled” to always move at the start/end of the line, “after” to move to the start/end of the line the first time the keys are pressed and to the start/end of the text ignoring whitespaces the second time the keys are pressed, “before” to move to the start/end of the text before moving to the start/end of the line and “always” to always move to the start/end of the text instead of the start/end of the line.

Ensure Trailing Newline

Whether gedit will ensure that documents always end with a trailing newline.

Notebook Show Tabs Mode

Specifies when to show the notebook tabs. Use “never” to never show the tabs, “always” to always show the tabs, and “auto” to show the tabs only when there is more than one tab. Note that the values are case-sensitive, so make sure they appear exactly as mentioned here.

Side panel is Visible

Whether the side panel at the left of editing windows should be visible.

Specifies the maximum number of recently opened files that will be displayed in the “Recent Files” submenu.

Print Syntax Highlighting

Whether gedit should print syntax highlighting when printing documents.

Print Header

Specifies how to wrap long lines for printing. Use “none” for no wrapping, “word” for wrapping at word boundaries, and “char” for wrapping at individual character boundaries. Note that the values are case-sensitive, so make sure they appear exactly as mentioned here.

Print Line Numbers

If this value is 0, then no line numbers will be inserted when printing a document. Otherwise, gedit will print line numbers every such number of lines.

'Monospace 9'

Specifies the font to use for a document’s body when printing documents.

'Sans 11'

Specifies the font to use for page headers when printing a document. This will only take effect if the “Print Header” option is turned on.

'Sans 8'

Specifies the font to use for line numbers when printing. This will only take effect if the “Print Line Numbers” option is non-zero.

Margin Left

The left margin, in millimeters.

Margin Top

The top margin, in millimeters.

Margin Right

The right margin, in millimeters.

Margin Bottom