Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment
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Memory problem with gedit
I found that as a gedit session runs longer, the more memory it takes, regardless of how small the sizes of the text files opened in the session are. So is it normal or a memory leak problem?
For ...
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How can I get gedit ready for programming in Ruby and Ruby on Rails?
I'd like to know which gedit plugins I could install to make programming for Ruby and Ruby on Rails easier?
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gedit and gnome admin tool closes in VNC session [closed]
I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 on a machine with gnome desktop. I configured vncserver on it and I am able to successfully connect to my machine via vnc and use the gnome interface.
Problem is ...
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Text inside files has squares with numbers in it
Some text files I come across, have little squares with numbers in them (in place of certain characters). I am unable to copy and paste these in Ubuntu, but may search and replace in gedit each ...
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How to avoid warning message while using gedit?
How to avoid the following warning message from gedit(2.30.4) on Ubuntu 11.04.
(gedit:25519): CRITICAL **: gedit_spell_checker_language_to_key: assertion `lang != NULL' failed
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English grammar checkers for gedit or LibreOffice Writer?
Please let me know if there are any efficient English grammar checkers available for gedit or LibreOffice on Ubuntu 11.04.
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Gedits gedit-latex-plugin not working correctly
I installed Ubuntu 11.04 yesterday and am now working on setting things up correctly. I am having a problem with gedit-latex-plugin for gedit. I can install it and enable it, and I get the extra menus ...
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Can I set a default syntax highlighting in Gedit?
Until you save a document in gedit, syntax highlighting is turned off. There are obviously good reasons for this -- people might get confused if certain words were randomly showing up in different ...
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Is there a way to open a text file in an already open instance of gedit?
I have a simple usability problem that I would love to fix.
I work quite a bit with gedit as my LaTeX editor (with the excellent LaTeX plugin). I constantly need to work with several files. So, a very ...
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Why do I get an IBUS warning with gedit [closed]
When I run gedit as the default user, I get the Warning message show below.
I don't get the message when it is run by another user, nor when started via 'gksu', nor when running in a VM. I have set up ...
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How to replace python-gtkhtml2? [closed]
I would like to install under Lucid the restructured text plugin for gedit, but it fails as it can't import gtkhtml2. Previously it was provided by the python-gtkhtml2 package, but it's not compatible ...
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Compile gedit 3 to use on Gnome 2
I'm on Gnome 2.32.1 (Ubuntu 11.04), and I would like to use gedit 3 on my current desktop environment.
To achieve this, I think I could compile gedit 3 and its dependent libraries with a custom ...
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Trying to build GEDIT
I'm very new to Ubuntu, just installed 10.04 when my girlfriend's Macbook Pro (32 bit v1,1) couldn't keep up with OSX any more. I thought it'd be a perfect opportunity to learn how to Linux. I've got ...
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Gedit thinks everything is an Apache config file [closed]
When I open a text file that does not have the .txt extension, Gedit sets the syntax highlighting to Apache Conf every single time.
This only started happening after my upgrade to 11.04. Is there a ...
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Any editor that does autocompletion in Ubuntu?
Is there any editor/IDE(or a plugin for an existing editor like Vim or GEdit) that does auto-completion of many languages (not just C++)? Aptana does only HTML/CSS/JS and Code::Blocks does only C++ (I ...
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How do I remove/ignore words from gedit's spell checker dictionary?
How do I remove/ignore words from gedit's spell checker dictionary?
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Gedit's LaTeX plugin opens a dialog called “Choose Master Document” each time a .tex file is opened
I use gedit-latex-plugin to edit my LaTeX documents. However, each time I open a .tex or .sty file, an annoying dialog labeled "Choose Master Document" pops up, and unless I select the same file ...
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Can I change gedit's background color without changing to another theme?
I like ambiance but i find it a little too hard on the eyes to have to edit files on a pure white background, like gedit's.
Is there any way to modify my theme to make gedit's background color ...
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How to know which versions of application I can install via apt
I try to use
apt-cache search gedit
But there is no information about version.
I am trying to install gedit 2.30.4 (by default it is 3.x on Gnome 3). But there is no gedit with this version.
sudo ...
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Installed gmate but themes and plugins now showing up in gedit
I am installing gmate on Ubuntu 11.04 (Gnome 3):
sudo apt-get install gedit-gmate
But gedit is untouched (there should appear new themes and plugins).
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Gedit has an unlisted Ctrl-D shortcut which deletes a line. How can I override it?
In Gedit, I installed the line_tools plugin. It uses Ctrl+D to duplicate the the current line. When I pressed Ctrl+D, it did the opposite! It deleted the line instead!
It turns out that Gedit has ...
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How can I make 'man' more gui friendly?
When I type man bash it shows the info in the terminal itself.
How do I tell "man" to open up the info in gedit instead? Is this possible?
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gedit messes up file names in headline
I open several text files in gedit. But when switching to view different text files, the file name shown in the headline of gedit is messed up. So I was wondering if it is a bug and how to solve this ...
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How to change background color of gedit embedded terminal
How can I change the background color of gedit embedded terminal?
I have tried changing my normal terminal (ctrl+alt+t) background and restarting gedit - but no luck.
Thanks
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Possible to memorize what are open before an application exits?
I have these situations often, especially with the following applications:
In Nautilus:
sometimes, I have opened several
tabs each of which opened a
different directory. But Nautilus
sometimes ...
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Gedit isn't picking up new plugins
Hi I have tried to install this plugin for gedit by copying the files auto_completion.gedit-plugin auto_completion.py to /usr/share/gedit-2/plugins/autocomplete however when i restart gedit and go to ...
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Cache of a file editing by gedit on a mounted FTP?
I was working on a file live by editing changes to a file on FTP by mounting the FTP on Ubuntu and using gedit to make changes.
After work, I shut down my machine and now I realize that the file on ...
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Gedit F9 side pane shortcut is not working
I am using gedit for some editing and when I use F9 in order to make side pane visible or invisible my display is just getting dim and nothing happens.
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Root access issues - how do others manage this?
I use my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS instance (via Virtual Box on Windows 7) with a non-root user. I am trying out developing Rails applications and I notice that I need to run some rails commands with sudo. The ...
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Questions about using Regex Search & Replace in gedit
I am trying to use Regex Search & Replace plugin of gedit.
I want to search a digit that
repeats 2 or 3 times, so I thought
the regex was
[0-9]\{2,3\}
But it doesn't match the target it
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Recommend regular expression plugin for gedit?
I would like to do some search and/or replace using regular expression in gedit. If I am correct, by default it is impossible to do this. So I was wondering if someone can recommend some nice plugin ...
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Programming language api sidebar in gedit
Im not sure this is an SO question or not, but is there a plugin for gedit to enable me to have the api for a particular language open in a sidebar?
Im currently working in Java, and it would be ...
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How to create a new file?
I've tried
gksudo gedit /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
(This is the file I have to create)
I got an error message
couldn't find the file /etc/xinetd.d/tftp please check that you typed the location ...
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How can you print a text file via gedit from the command line?
I'd like to use gedit or some similar program just as a page formatter and pipe some text through it and onto the printer. | lpr just doesn't cut it in the presentation department. The printed output ...
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Ruby Script Runner for Ubuntu Gedit
I have this Java script runner installed in my gedit external tools:
#!/bin/sh
cd $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_DIR
if javac $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME;
then
java ${GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME%\.java}
...
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How can I place Gedit's tab close buttons on the left?
I would like to make Gedit fit more to the Ubuntu default themes Ambiance and Radiance. Therefore I would like to place the tab close buttons on the left instead of the right of each tab.
I asked a ...
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Bash keybindings that match those of gedit?
I want to have the same keybindings in gedit and in bash. Namely all the selections, also cut, copy and paste.
I know there are some important ones that are already taken (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+W, etc), ...
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Why am I getting this error while using gedit?
(gedit:4778): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `object->ref_count > 0' failed
What does this error mean?
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Gtk warning when opening Gedit in terminal
Previously, I need to clear documents history, so I Googled and found this:
http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-clear-disable-recent-documents.html
I did the step, and then when I opened gedit ...
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Two gedit plugins clash. How to change shortcut keys, or enable/disable a plugin
Gedit has two plugins from Gnome's Gedit Plugins page which I both particularly want...
Multi-edit
Control Your Tabs
However they both vie for the same shortcut keys: Ctrl+PageUp and ...
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Getting Quickly to use Gvim instead of Gedit
How do I get Quickly to use Gvim (or just vim in a terminal) as its default text editor instead of Gedit?
If this can be done, I must be doing it wrong...
Ubuntu 10.10 AMD64.
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Can I toggle word-wrapping on/off quickly in Gedit?
Depending on nature of the text, sometimes line wrapping is convenient, sometimes it is just confusing. And every time I need to switch this (pretty frequently) I have to do to View - Preferences - ...
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Snap Open not working for Gedit 2.30.3 [closed]
I followed the instructions given, but I'm not able to get Snap open to work on my Ubuntu 10.10. It was working on Ubuntu 10.04.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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How can I edit my httpd.conf file?
I have xampp installed, and need to edit my httpd.conf file to add a virtual host block. If I right-click on the file in Nautilus and open with gedit, I can see all the content, but it's read-only.
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Using “Oblivion” color scheme from gedit in Kate
I like gedit's color scheme Oblivion a lot.
Is there a way to use the same color scheme in Kate text editor?
I know that configuration files for color scheme for gedit and Kate aren't compatible. I ...
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Error while opening tex files in gedit
I use 5.8.5 version of notepad++. The .tex file that I have edited on notepad++ could not be opened on gedit. The error I get is "character set could not be recognized"
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How do I configure keyboard commands?
In Windows I never turn my NumLock on. I navigate through the page line with Home and End, and when I want to mark a line I use them in a combination with the Shift key. Pretty basic stuff right? Well ...
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How can I run gedit with a different configuration
I want to use gedit as a programming IDE and as a regular text editor. Would I be able to make some .desktop file to load a different configuration?
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Auto indentation in Gedit
I'm using Gedit to program C and CPP, and I've enabled auto indentation in Edit->Pref.
However, it still doesn't work. Is there anything I can do?
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Does Geany or Gedit provide a browser protocol in the way Textmate does with txmt://?
Textmate on the Mac can be bound to the txmt protocol, meaning that development frameworks (such as the Play Framework) can be configured to use this to display error messages. If a stacktrace ...
