.TH GEDIT 1 "17 May 2010"
.SH NAME
\fBgedit\fP \- text editor for the GNOME Desktop

.SH SYNOPSIS
.br
.B gedit
[\fIOPTION\fR...] [\fIFILE\fR...] [+\fILINE\fR[:\fICOLUMN\fR]]
.br
.B gedit
[\fIOPTION\fR...] -

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B gedit
is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment.

While aiming at simplicity and ease of use,
.B gedit
is a powerful general purpose text editor.
It can be used to create and edit all kinds of text files.

.B gedit
features a flexible plugin system which can be used to dynamically add 
new advanced features to
.B gedit
itself.
.LP
.SH OPTIONS
        
.TP
\fB\-\-encoding\fR
Set the character encoding to be used for opening the files listed on the command line.
.TP
\fB\-\-list-encodings\fR
Display list of possible values for the encoding option and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-new\-window\fR
Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of
.B gedit.
.TP
\fB\-\-new\-document\fR
Create a new document in an existing instance of
.B gedit.
.TP
\fB\-s, \-\-standalone\fR
Run
.B gedit
in standalone mode.
.TP
\fB\-w, \-\-wait\fR
Open files and block the
.B gedit
process.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
Prints the command line options.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Output version information and exit.
.TP
\fBFILE\fR
Specifies the file to open when
.B gedit
starts. If this is not specified,
.B gedit
will load a blank file with an "Unsaved Document" label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are
separated by spaces.
.B gedit
also supports handling of remote files. For example, you can pass the location
of a webpage to
.B gedit
, like "http://www.gnome.org", or load a file from a FTP server,
like "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/robots.txt".
.TP
\fB-\fR
.B gedit will read from stdin
.TP
\fB+LINE\fR
For the first file, go to the line specified by LINE (do not insert a space between the "+" sign and the number).
If LINE is missing, go to the last line.
.TP
\fBCOLUMN\fR
For the first file, go to the column specified by COLUMN.
If COLUMN is missing, go to the first column.

.SH BUGS
If you find a bug, please report it at the GNOME bug tracker. See https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ReportingBugs.
.SH AUTHORS
Paolo Maggi (paolo@gnome.org)
.TP
Paolo Borelli (pborelli@gnome.org)
.TP
Steve Frécinaux (code@istique.net)
.TP
Jesse van den Kieboom (jessevdk@gnome.org)
.TP
Ignacio Casal Quinteiro <icq@gnome.org>
.TP
James Willcox (jwillcox@gnome.org)
.TP
Federico Mena Quintero (federico@novell.com)
.TP
Chema Celorio