For those who use Linux should know what gedit is. Gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. And I like to use gedit most when I’m doing my job as a developer. Besides being very light (not like an IDE) it is also simple and easy to use.
Where can I get it? For those of you already using Linux desktop with GNOME, gedit is already bundled as the text editor. But if you don’t have it, you can download it at their official site here.
And for Ubuntu users just simply type:
sudo apt-get install geditThese are the current gedit features:
- Full support for internationalized text (UTF-8)
- Configurable syntax highlighting for various languages (C, C++, Java, HTML, XML, Python, Perl and many others)
- Undo/Redo
- Editing files from remote locations
- File reverting
- Print and print preview support
- Clipboard support (cut/copy/paste)
- Search and replace
- Go to specific line
- Auto indentation
- Text wrapping
- Line numbers
- Right margin
- Current line highlighting
- Bracket matching
- Backup files
- Configurable fonts and colors
- A complete online user manual
And for the best plugin for gedit you can find it here. That plugin includes more useful plugins, interesting styles/themes, and more syntax highlighting. With that plugin you can style your gedit more like TextMate on Mac.
Here are the steps to install and customize the plugin:
1. Download the plugin.
2. Extract it.
3. Go to your shell and go to that folder.
4. Install python-webkitgtk with this command:
sudo apt-get install python-webkitgtk5. Install python-pyinotify with this command:
sudo apt-get install python-pyinotify6. Run install.sh.
7. After it finishes go to your gedit, Edit > Preferences. Customize it however you want.