| 1 | General Information |
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| 2 | =================== |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | This is version 2.2.0.1 of gedit. gedit is a small and lightweight UTF-8 text |
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| 5 | editor for the GNOME environment. |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | Designed for the X Window System, it uses the GTK+ 2.0 and GNOME 2.0 libraries. |
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| 8 | Complete GNOME integration is featured, with support for Drag and Drop (DnD) |
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| 9 | between Nautilus (the GNOME file manager) and the use of the GNOME help system, |
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| 10 | the GNOME Virtual File System and the GNOME print framework. |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | gedit uses a Multiple Document Interface (MDI), which lets you edit more than |
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| 13 | one document at the same time. |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | gedit supports most standard editing features, plus several not found in your |
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| 16 | average text editor (plugins being the most notable of these). |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | Although new features are always under development, currently gedit has these |
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| 19 | features: |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | * Complete support for UTF-8 text |
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| 22 | * File Revert |
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| 23 | * Read files using the GNOME VFS |
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| 24 | * Cut/Copy/Paste and Select All text |
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| 25 | * Complete integration with the GNOME Environment |
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| 26 | * Search and Replace |
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| 27 | * A complete preferences interface |
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| 28 | * Configurable Plugins system |
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| 29 | * Accepts input from command line pipes ( i.e. "ls | gedit" ) |
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| 30 | * Printing and Print Previewing Support |
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| 31 | * Configurable levels of Undo/Redo |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | Some of the plugins, packaged and installed with gedit include, among others: |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | * ASCII table |
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| 36 | * Compare files |
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| 37 | * Word count |
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| 38 | * Tag list |
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| 39 | * Insert Date/Time |
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| 40 | * Shell output |
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| 41 | * Spell checker |
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| 43 | gedit is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, see |
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| 44 | the file 'COPYING' for more information. |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | The official web site is: |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | http://gedit.sourceforge.net |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | You can dowload the latest gedit tarball from the gnome ftp server: |
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| 52 | |
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| 53 | ftp://ftp.gnome.org |
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| 55 | Information about gedit mailing lists can be found at |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=7 |
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| 59 | |
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| 60 | Installation |
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| 61 | ============ |
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| 62 | |
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| 63 | gedit requires GTK+-2.2.x and the GNOME 2.2.x libraries. |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | Simple install procedure: |
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| 66 | |
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| 67 | % gzip -cd gedit-2.2.0.1.tar.gz | tar xvf - # unpack the sources |
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| 68 | % cd gedit-2.2.0.1 # change to the toplevel directory |
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| 69 | % ./configure # run the `configure' script |
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| 70 | % make # build gedit |
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| 71 | [ Become root if necessary ] |
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| 72 | % make install # install gedit |
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| 73 | |
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| 74 | See the file 'INSTALL' for more detailed information. |
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| 76 | |
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| 77 | How to report bugs |
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| 78 | ================== |
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| 80 | Bugs should be reported to the GNOME bug tracking system. |
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| 81 | (http://bugzilla.gnome.org, product gedit.) You will need to create an |
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| 82 | account for yourself. |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | You can also report bugs using the GNOME program bug-buddy. |
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| 85 | |
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| 86 | In the bug report please include: |
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| 87 | |
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| 88 | * Information about your system. For instance: |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | - What operating system and version |
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| 91 | - What version of X |
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| 92 | - What version of the gtk+, glib and gnome libraries |
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| 93 | - For Linux, what version of the C library |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | And anything else you think is relevant. |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | * How to reproduce the bug. |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | * If the bug was a crash, the exact text that was printed out when the |
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| 100 | crash occured. |
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| 101 | |
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| 102 | * Further information such as stack traces may be useful, but is not |
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| 103 | necessary. If you do send a stack trace, and the error is an X error, |
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| 104 | it will be more useful if the stacktrace is produced running the test |
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| 105 | program with the --sync command line option. |
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| 106 | |
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| 107 | See the file 'BUGS' for the list of known bugs. |
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| 110 | Patches |
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| 111 | ======= |
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| 113 | Patches should also be submitted to bugzilla.gnome.org. If the patch |
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| 114 | fixes an existing bug, add the patch as an attachment to that bug |
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| 115 | report. |
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| 117 | Otherwise, enter a new bug report that describes the patch, and attach |
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| 118 | the patch to that bug report. |
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| 119 | |
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| 120 | Bug reports containing patches should include the PATCH keyword in their |
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| 121 | keyword fields. |
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| 123 | Patches should be in unified diff form. (The -u option to GNU diff.) |
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| 125 | If you are interested in helping us to develop gedit, please see the |
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| 126 | file 'AUTHOR' for contact information and/or send a message to the gedit |
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| 127 | mailing list. See also the file 'HACKING' for information about our |
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| 128 | CVS guidelines and the file 'TODO' for a list of todos. |
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| 131 | |
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| 132 | The gedit team. |
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