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How to install Emmet with gedit text editor in Ubuntu 12.04?

I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I came to know about emmet plugin. Which is really awesome for writing markups. As I am a developer I am using gedit with zencoding plugin to write markup easily. Now as I ...
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Text editor that can wrap text in predefined HTML tags like Notepad++

I'm new to Ubuntu and am trying to figure out some things. In Notepad++ it is possible to use WebEdit plugin and define keyboard shortcuts for different HTML tags. E. g. "Ctrl + p" can wrap the text ...
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How to paste text from Vim editor to browser?

I need to copy text from vim to web browser since I'm not able to use gedit as I'm opening an sql file. How do I get this done?
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How to make scrolling in gedit slower while selecting text?

In gedit when I try to select a long part of text with dragging the pointer to the edge of the window it scrolls too fast to comfortably control it. Is it possible to make it slower? Should I create a ...
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Converting Vim Syntax Highlight For Gedit

I found a Custom Syntax For Vim. How can i use it with gedit? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32657135/alderz-smali-vim-ae77727.zip
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gedit modelines – What are they? How do they work?

There is a gedit plugin called Modelines and the plugin is described as Emacs, Kate and Vim-style modelines support for gedit. What are modelines? And how do they work in gedit?
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How to stop Gedit, Gvim, Vim, Nano from adding End-of-File newline char?

Sometimes I want the last line of a text file to be a simple string of text with no newline character appended: ...eg. to concatenate another file to it. Several editors automatically modify my ...
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Is there a gedit plugin that adds search features?

I'm hoping to add search and replace within selection and search within files. Having a search option in the context menu would also be handy.
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True column-mode (block-selection and editing) text editor solution?

In windows, I used to use a text editor called crimson editor which featured the best column-mode editing support I have yet to use. When enabled via a simple Alt-C shortcut, selections could be made ...