How to select a column or block of text in gedit 3.28.1?
Mar 16, 2019 · 23 This answer is based on steeldriver's suggestion to look into gedit-plugin-multi-edit. I found a blog post which links to a video demonstrating column selection mode. Even though the links …
Ubuntu 24.10, sudo: gedit: command not found
Dec 6, 2024 · The default text editor has changed Gedit, the default text editor, was replaced by a brand new editor, Gnome Text Editor in Ubuntu 22.10 and above. Use the command: sudo gnome-text …
How to edit files in GUI text editors as root? - Ask Ubuntu
Jan 15, 2021 · For nautilus users, the package nautilus-admin installs a PolicyKit file for gedit and provides a right-click menu option in nautilus to launch a text file in gedit with root permissions. …
configuration - Where are gedit's preferences? - Ask Ubuntu
This is incredibly weird. I don't see "preferences" in any of my gedit menus. I'm running Version 3.8.3. All I want to do is show line numbers, but I can't do that without preferences. Where the h...
How to open a text file in current working directory with `gedit admin://`?
Nov 23, 2019 · Use your user profile for gedit The problem with gedit as root is you loose your theme colors, font size, tab settings, line wrap settings, and plug-ins. I wrote a script called sgedit (sudo …
command line - How do I start gedit in terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
Dec 12, 2017 · I did a search for how to start gedit from the terminal. Answers were frustrating to say the least. Finally I happened on the idea of opening gedit with the system monitor on and look for new …
command line - unresponsive gedit - Ask Ubuntu
Aug 3, 2018 · I was running gedit from the command window for editing an xml file. After editing the file, I closed the gedit text editor window. But the gedit process was till running in the command window. S...
What are the default text editors in different flavours of Ubuntu?
May 10, 2017 · Gedit is certainly the most famous text editor in the Ubuntu world. Gedit is also available for Windows and MacOS. To install Gedit on any Ubuntu flavor use the following command: sudo apt …
Newbie - What are the pros & cons of using vim instead of gedit
Mar 20, 2021 · A main difference: vim works at the command line gedit is a gui . Some of the features offered by gedit are: Full support for internationalized text (UTF-8) Configurable syntax highlighting …
gedit - Running GUI apps under WSL - Ask Ubuntu
Jan 29, 2022 · I can't run GUI apps under WSL. First, I tried running Synaptic, but it showed this message: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused Failed to initialize GTK. …