Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment
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Prevent gedit from creating files with the '~' (tilde) suffix
I have observed that in gedit if I edit a file, another file is created in the same directory (the one with the same filename and a '~' suffix). The extra file remains even if I close gedit.
I ...
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How do I install a plugin for gEdit v3?
I just installed the ubuntu 11.10, and I want to install a plugin for gEdit.
I unpacked the plugin to the following folder: ~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins but in the gedit doesn't show up the plugin.
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Make gedit embedded terminal colours the same as the default terminal
I've just updated to 11.10 and now my embedded terminal in gedit does not match my default terminal. I hate looking at a white and black terminal. Does anyone know how to make the embedded terminal ...
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Support for various features in gedit
I'm trying to use gedit as my main editor, and am looking for help with some tricky features. For each of the following, can people help me out with how to install and configure the feature?
code ...
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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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How do I stop gedit from opening anything?
I use gVim all the time and open all sorts of plain text files, source codes and virtually anything that is readable with gVim.
Ubuntu however decides that I should use gedit!
I got searching and I ...
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How do I run a graphical application on a remote server when logged in through ssh?
I am trying to run gedit from an SSH terminal on Windows, connected to an Amazon EC2 instance running Ubuntu 12.04 Server and I am getting this error:
Cannot open display:
How do I fix it?
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How to avoid opening duplicate files in new windows in gedit?
Having already opened several text files with each in one tab in a window,
now open another text file,
gedit sometimes creates another window instead of a session under
the current window. I ...
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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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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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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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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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How to change the window color (default: white)? [closed]
How to change the window color (default: white) in Oneiric? (In Natty, I could do it in Appearance.)
(If 1 doesn't work) How to change the background color in Gedit? (In Natty, by right clicking I ...
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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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SyncTeX with gedit and Evince
In Oneiric gedit includes support for SyncTeX and Evince has supported it since 2.32 (Oneiric includes Evince 3.2.0). How do I use SyncTeX with gedit and Evince? I have compiled with the -synctex=1 ...
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Why does gedit keep randomly opening new instances when opening files from nautilus?
Oh how I love Ubuntu and all its features, but this "bug" has been making me angry for so long and I've finally decided to ask for help here.
I've assigned all .php files to be opened with gedit ...
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Is there code folding for gedit?
Does anyone know about a way to get code folding in gedit, I've found this plugin in google code, but looks like dead and doesn't work with the latest gedit.
Any idea is wellcome
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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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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 ...
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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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gEdit problem with color of selected text
I have a weird problem here using gEdit. It's gEdit 3.2 in Ubuntu 11.10.
When I select some piece of text, this should be white text on orange background (Unity 11.10 default).
Suddenly it started ...
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Some Ubuntu 13.04 applications cannot access files on MTP-mounted systems. Why?
Ubuntu 13.04 comes with MTP support to access files on newer Android devices. My Nexus 10 works OK: after plugging in, I can access the N10 files with Nautilus, and I can copy from and to the device. ...
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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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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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Can I change gEdit editor preferences according to the identified programming language?
I am currently using gedit for two programming projects. One is done with Python, the other one with Java. In the Java project I have to use tabs and in the Python-one I have to use spaces.
Can I ...
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Gmate installation issue
I was following the link GMate and Using Gedit as a Ruby IDE to make my Gedit as IDE. But when all the command was running good,the below one throwing me an error.
kirti@kirti-Aspire-5733Z:~$ sudo ...
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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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Code folding plug-in for gedit 3.2.1?
I need the code folding property in gedit, and I found online a folding.gedit-plugin online, but it never works. My gedit is of version 3.2.1, and it is said that the plugin folding.gedit-plugin was ...
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Per file-type preferences in gedit
I'm trying to use gedit for two different tasks: developing Python software and writing Latex documents. Both are based on pure text files, but they are very different: e.g. Python code needs to be ...
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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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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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gedit can't recognize character encoding, but gvim can
I have a lot of plain text files which come from a Windows environment.
Many of them use a whacky default Windows code-page, which is neither ASCII (7 bits) nor UTF-8.
gvim has no problem opening ...
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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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How can I save an open text file in a GUI console from a text console?
I'm running the latest desktop Ubuntu, and my system seems to have frozen -- the pointer moves when I move the mouse, but nothing else is happening; even the clock is stopped. tty1-6 work just fine, ...
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Unable to launch gedit with sudo
While trying to follow these instructions, I encountered the following error while attempting what seems like a simple sudo edit operation:
$ sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status
** (gedit:14898): ...
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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 ...
