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Gedit is the text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. It is written in C and Python.

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USE flags

USE flags for app-editors/gedit A text editor for the GNOME desktop

+python	Add optional support/bindings for the Python language
gtk-doc	Build and install gtk-doc based developer documentation for dev-util/devhelp, IDE and offline use

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Emerge

Emerge Gedit:

root #emerge --ask app-editors/gedit

See Also

• Vim — a vi-like text editor, originally descended from the Stevie vi clone.
• Neovim — a vi-like text editor designed around a relatively small but extendable core that aims to be a versatile and powerful text editor
• Kate
• Text editor — a program to create and edit text files.