Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment
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Embedding a back and forward arrows, home button, and download manager in a quickly application
I have downloaded a set of icons to use for my web browser that I'm creating and would like to use. I know how to add the icons, but I only know the code for the refresh button. My question is what is ...
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gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list gives nothing
I don't know what happend but when I tried "gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list" on terminal there is nothing to pop up;only a white sheet.please ,any one who can give me a clue ?
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Gnome Language Definition v2.0
Here is my Custom Gnome Language Definition v2.0 File for Gedit. It seems it is not working.
Reference:
http://developer.gnome.org/gtksourceview/stable/lang-tutorial.html
<UserLang name="Smali" ...
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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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cannot get the gedit autotab plugin to work
If you are trying to write python code inside of gedit, you probably want auto-tabbing. Meaning suppose you are writing a method, you type something like:
def foo():
Then hit enter. The cursor goes ...
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Gedit Embedded Terminal Uses Incorrect Palette
I've followed the advice to turn off "use-theme-colors" and also set a custom background color in my embedded gedit terminal. But somehow, the palette setting is ignored and colors show as only black ...
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Gedit problem cpp file is not created
When i open terminal I type
Mkdir name of folder
Cd name of folder
When I write gedit x.cpp the cpp file is not created and the file doesn't open to write the code
Any ideas why this happens?
I even ...
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Gedit embeded terminal showing both background and foreground in white color
I am using Ubuntu 12.04.I am using Gedit with one of the plugin called Embeded Terminal which is used to place the terminal attached at the bottom part of the Gedit.Now my problem is in that embeded ...
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Are there any Gedit plugins for Rails
I have watched some video tutorials for rails and spotted gedit as very good editor for ruby on rails development.
I installed gmate and some plugins for programming (autocomplete and intelligent ...
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Finding the gedit plugin folder
I am a bit confused as to where I should put externally downloaded plugins. I have tried putting them in:
/usr/share/gedit/plugins
~/. Local/gedit/plugins
~/. Gnome2/gedit/plugins
...
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Gedit 2.30.4 prints out in small font. I need it to print bigger [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can't change text size in gedit
I am using Ubuntu 11.04. I can set the visible font size in Gedit. I have Gedit 2.30.4.
However, Gedit prints out only one size ...
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Permission to change a text file
After having bought the latest Humble Bundle, I am finding Limbo not to perform greatly.
The advice on the F&Q site is
Q: Limbo does not perform as well as I hoped for
A: In the ...
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Gedit clears contents of clipboard on exit - how to keep it?
Use case:
I'm writing an email, and need a snippet from a text file.
Open the file in Gedit (or Kate, for that matter) and copy the desired snippet.
Close text editor, return to email.
Paste snippet ...
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502 views
How do I install gedit without Zeitgeist?
I do not like this zeitgeist thingy. Because it is neither possible to (easily) configure it to shut up, nor is it possible to (easily) remove it without breaking other things.
Unfortunately, the ...
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Select-By-Word characters in gedit/gnome
How do I configure the select-by-word characters in gedit or gnome in general?
The goal is to double-click a word in gedit (like "underscore_notation") and have it highlight the entire word. ...
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3k views
How can I install TextWrap plugin in Gedit?
I followed a guide to install Text Wrap in Gedit. Tried to get standard error feedback by starting from a terminal. But couldn't get it installed.
Would there be a problem with 12.04 having gone ...
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How can I install gedit-latex-plugin without installing the rest of TeX?
After installing ubuntu 12.04 Gedit has gotten much better (faster), and I'm considering using it for LaTeX.
I have installed TeXLive 2011 via their own installation script (Ubuntu repositories only ...
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gedit open everything in tabs [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to avoid opening duplicate files in new windows in gedit?
How can i make gedit to open every file in tabs.
i edit a lot of files(.html/.php/.sh/./.desktop etc... ...
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Gedit Text Size plugin does not work properly in Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
It worked fine in Ubuntu 11.10.
I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04, have installed gedit-plugins and gedit-developer-plugins, but the Text Size plugin does not work properly any longer.
I ...
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213 views
Gedit Shortcuts stopped working
Suddenly the Gedit shortcuts stopped working.
For example, Ctrl+F, instead of finding a string makes the cursor to the next character.
Ctrl+H now has the same functionality as backspace.
I tried ...
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Gedit tries to open everything!
I am having a huge problem. Whenever i try to open a file gedit tries to open it. For example I download something with firefox, i click on the file to open it and gedit opens!
Even in when I want to ...
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Gedit causes OS crash
I'm running 12.04 on a Dell desktop (that originally came with just 10.04 installed), and when I try to drag a Gedit tab from one window to another, the entire system freezes, solvable only with a ...
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`gedit` assertion failure `GTK_IS_TREE_SELECTION (selection)`
I am seeing assertion failures in gedit on a fairly fresh install of Precise. This does not happen on every invocation of gedit but only if I Edit > Preferences. The assertion failure happens ...
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How do you get permission to save rcS after setting UTC=no?
I am a first time user of Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot with Windows. Ubuntu is screwing up the Windows clock. I looked this up and found the following lines to use:
gedit ...
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Set gedit to format Java and C# code [closed]
I found this link http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/ExternalToolsPluginCommands#Source_Code_Automatic_Formatter where I was suppose to get a command for astyle to make gedit format Java or C# code. However, ...
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Gedit stating that its unable to retrieve file info even though it works
While this isn't causing any serious issues (that I've seen so far), it is aggravating me because its taking over the terminal window that I was working on with the warning:
(gedit:3288): ...
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Terminal (plugin) does not work inside Gedit (Ubuntu 12.04) [closed]
After installing the gedit plugins and activating the Terminal plugin through the Preferences command, I noticed that entering commands inside the terminal is impossible! The terminal is inactive and ...
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Dash doesn't launch Gedit at the first try
I'm curious to find out what's going on here.
Push the [windows] key --> Dash pops up.
Type 'ge' --> 'Text editor' appears.
[Enter] --> Nothing happens.
With any other program, it launches the ...
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Text editor playing hide and seek
When ever I minimise or Alt+TAB from the text editor Gedit, it disappears from Unity and from alt tabbing. I can open a new instance of it from the menu, but all previous work is lost. How can I fix ...
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Executing “unicode” Python script from Gedit vs Terminal
As can be seen from screenshot, same script run from Terminal and Gedit behaves differently - in terminal script executes succesfully and in Gedit it raises error:
But if I change python in Gedit ...
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Is my gedit-latex-plugin working properly?
I have installed gedit-latex-plugin(0.2 rc3) to be used with gedit(2.30.3) in ubuntu 10.04. If I use the command
gedit file.tex& in terminal
the file is opened and it seems everything works fine ...
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How do I encrypt/decrypt file within gedit?
In the previous version of Ubuntu (eg: maverick, natty), I used to do a:
sudo apt-get install gedit-plugins seahorse
to have the ability to encrypt/decrypt file within Gedit after enabling the ...
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Update Gedit to 2.32 being able to use SyncTeX on 11.04?
I found this nice demonstration showing the use of SyncTeX with Gedit and evince. I would like to use this nice feature but my Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (11.04) does not have Gedit in the version of 2.32.
...
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How to set default encoding for non UTF encoded documents system wide?
The title says pretty much most of it - I have some windows txt files, and most of them are Bulgarian with encoding windows-1251. When I open them (sublime, gedit, desktop generated icons) the files ...
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How to zoom in and out of text in Gedit?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10. This seems to be an easy question, yet I cannot find an answer anywhere.
On pre-unity Ubuntu, I was using gedit-zoom plugin to zoom text in editor window in/out, either with ...
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gedit scroll area stops short of the screen - am I missing something?
I'm using gedit 2.30.3 . Even when the window is maximized, if I put the cursor all the way to the right to the scrollbar area and click to move up or down a screenfull of text, it won't do it! It's ...
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Gtk-Warnings In Terminal [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Gtk warning when opening Gedit in terminal
I have Ubuntu 11.10 installed on two different machines, both using x64 installs. Only one machine returns these Gtk warnings ...
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How to migrate gedit settings?
So I've just had to do a reinstall and as part of that process, I'm starting a new account to remove some of the crufty config I've built up over time.
I've been fairly successful cherry-picking ...
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Why is gedit so laggy when editing through FTP?
I use gedit to edit files on my Media Temple server, but it's so laggy. Other editors I've used don't have this problem.
Saving takes a long time, and gedit usually freezes up for a bit during this. ...
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How can I change the color of the text in a terminal embedded in GEdit?
I am having trouble using the terminal in GEdit since the text-color is white on gray background. I can not find an option to change anything for that terminal anywhere. How can I change it? N.B. The ...
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Can't change text size in gedit
Within gedit I can go to the menu Edit > Preferences > Font & Colours, and change the font size here, but this seems to change the font size for the application itself, when I print something it ...
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Help - Ubuntu creates a temp file for every file I edit [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Prevent gedit from creating files with the '~' suffix
I dont know how to explain it very well so I took a picture of it.
It seems that every time I edit a Text ...
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1answer
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Gedit inserts blank lines sporadically when using scroll wheel
I do extensive editing of text files using gedit. If I use the scroll wheel to move back and forth in the file, sometimes a blank line is inserted in the file. This is not obvious when it occurs. I ...
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Gedit from terminal - inconsistent behaviour
I tend to frequently open a text file from the terminal with a command like so:
gedit filename.txt
However, the behaviour is inconsistent; sometimes, the focus will leave the terminal and will not ...
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How to set encoding in gedit 3.2?
I can not display file coded with GBK.
In gconf-editor of gnome 3.2 , I can not find encoding item of gedit .
How to set it ?
thanks
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Akira not replaced to 明
If i changed keyboard layout to "Chineese" and start gedit,
"aki-ra" or "akira" its not replaced to 明.
Any suggestions?
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2answers
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Add more functions in Gedit
I'm trying out Ubuntu for the first time so I'm a very new but I've done a bit of searching and I want to get something pretty similar to Notepad++
Gedit so far seems to be the pretty similar except ...
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I want to see if a file is opened with gedit. Is it possible?
There is a command-line option to see what files are open with gedit?
If I open two files in gedit (file1 and file2) and in terminal I use the command:
ps ax | grep-v grep | grep gedit
I get only ...
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How can I sync my root gedit with my user gedit's preferences?
When I open a file with root gedit I'd like to have the same setup as my normal gedit. So theme, preferences, and addons.
Can I set up some sym links in the right spot to achieve this?
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How to use gedit-latex-plugin?
I have installed the packages texlive and gedit-latex-plugin. I see syntax highlighting for .tex files, but I don't get any extra stuff in my gedit menus or toolbars for latex -> pdf like I expected ...
