This is the fourth installment in the series that covers GUI editors in Linux. Also covered in this series are:

• KDevelop
• Geany
• Mousepad
• More to come

So, we’ve covered the rather bulky KDevelop and the featherweight Mousepad. In between is Gedit. Covered in this post is Gedit 2.22.3.

You get all sorts of neat text editor features like syntax highlighting, spellcheck, tabs, document statistics, as well as plugins. But unlike Geany and KDevelop, Gedit seems to be quite minimalist in it’s preferences.

Wait, I’ve given two screenshots so far without showing the main editor. I better show it now.

You can see that the user interface is simple, but like I mentioned earlier, Gedit packs features and plugins.

If you’re a Kate fan, Gedit can make you feel a little more at home. Below is Gedit set to imitate Kate’s syntax highlighter and has the sidebar containing open files (just like Kate has by default).