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gedit windows

gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment (Linux). However, it has been ported to Windows so if you enjoy gedit under Linux, now you can use it in Windows too.


gedit features:

  • Full support for internationalized text (UTF-8)
  • Configurable syntax highlighting for various languages (C, C++, Java, HTML, XML, Python, Perl and many others)
  • Undo/Redo
  • Editing files from remote locations
  • File reverting
  • Print and print preview support
  • Clipboard support (cut/copy/paste)
  • Search and replace
  • Go to specific line
  • Auto indentation
  • Text wrapping
  • Line numbers
  • Right margin
  • Current line highlighting
  • Bracket matching
  • Backup files
  • Configurable fonts and colors
  • A complete online user manual
gedit features also a flexible plugin system which can be used to dynamically add new advanced features to gedit itself.

Download gedit for Windows.