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| <h2>Introduction</h2></div></div><p>The gedit application is a simple text |
| editor. You can use gedit to create and edit text |
| files. You can use gedit plugins to perform a |
| variety of tasks related to text-editing from within the |
| gedit window.</p></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="gedit-getting-started"></a>Getting Started</h2></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-to-start"></a>To Start gedit</h3></div></div><p>You can start gedit in the following ways:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Applications menu</span></dt><dd><p>Choose |
| Accessories->Text Editor. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Command line</span></dt><dd><p>Type <b>gedit</b>, then press <b>Return</b>.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-when-you-start"></a>When You Start gedit</h3></div></div><p>When you start gedit, the following window is displayed:</p><div class="figure"><p><a name="gedit-window"></a><b>Figure 1. gedit Window</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/gedit_window.png" alt="Screenshot of the gedit main window."></div></div></div><p>The gedit window contains the following |
| elements: </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Menubar</span></dt><dd><p>The menus on the menubar contain all of the commands you need |
| to work with files in gedit.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Toolbar</span></dt><dd><p> The toolbar contains a subset of the commands that you can |
| access from the menubar.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Display area</span></dt><dd><p> The display area contains the text of the file that you are |
| editing. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Statusbar</span></dt><dd><p>The statusbar displays information about current |
| gedit activity and contextual information about the |
| menu items. </p></dd></dl></div><p>When you right-click in the gedit |
| window, the application displays a popup menu. The popup menu contains the most |
| common text editing commands. </p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-open-file"></a>To Open a File</h3></div></div><p>To open a file, choose |
| File->Open |
| to display the Open File dialog. Select the file |
| that you want to open, then click OK. The file is |
| displayed in the gedit window. </p><p>You can open multiple files in gedit. |
| The application displays one file at a time in the application window. The |
| application adds a tab for each open file to the window. To display another |
| open file, click on the tab that corresponds to the file. To create a new |
| gedit window for each file that is open, drag the |
| tab corresponding to each file to the desktop. You can also use the |
| Documents menu to move between the open files.</p><p>The application records the paths and filenames of the last |
| four files that you edited and displays the files as menu items on the File->Recent Files menu. |
| </p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-run-from-cmd-line"></a>To Open Multiple Files from a Command Line</h3></div></div><p>You can run gedit from a command line |
| and open a single file or multiple files. To open multiple files from a command |
| line, type the following command, then press <b>Return</b>:</p><p><b>gedit <i><tt>file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt</tt></i></b></p><p>When the application starts, the files that you specified are |
| displayed in the gedit window.</p></div></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="gedit-usage"></a>Usage</h2></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-create-new-file"></a>To Create a New File</h3></div></div><p>To create a new file, choose |
| File->New. The application displays a new file in the |
| gedit window.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-save-file"></a>To Save a File</h3></div></div><p>You can save files in the following ways:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>To save changes to the current file, choose |
| File->Save or click Save |
| on the toolbar. If the file does not have a filename, gedit |
| displays the Save As dialog. Enter a name for the file in the |
| Save |
| As dialog, then click OK.</p></li><li><p>To save a new file or to save an existing file under a new filename, choose |
| File->Save |
| As. Enter a name for the file in the Save |
| As dialog box, then click OK. </p></li><li><p>To save all of the files that are currently open in |
| gedit, choose |
| File->Save |
| All.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-edit-text"></a>To Edit Text</h3></div></div><p>You can edit the text of a file in the following ways:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>Type new text from the keyboard. </p></li><li><p>Use the <b>Delete</b> key to delete text. |
| </p></li><li><p>Use the Cut, |
| Copy, Paste, and |
| Delete menu items to edit text. </p></li></ul></div><p>When you select text with the mouse, |
| gedit automatically copies the selected text to a |
| buffer. You can perform any of the following actions on the selected text: |
| </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>To delete the selected text from the file and move the |
| selected text to a buffer, choose |
| Edit->Cut.</p></li><li><p>To permanently delete the selected text from the file, choose |
| Edit->Delete.</p></li><li><p>To insert the contents of the buffer at the cursor |
| position, middle-click or choose |
| Edit->Paste. You must cut or copy text |
| before you can paste text into the file.</p></li><li><p>To select all of the text in a file, choose |
| Edit->Select |
| All. </p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-undo-redo-edits"></a>To Undo or Redo Edits</h3></div></div><p>To undo an edit, choose |
| Edit->Undo. To redo an edit, choose |
| Edit->Redo. The number of previous edits that you can undo is determined by |
| the Set limit on undo levels to setting in the |
| <a href="#gedit-prefs-undo" title="Undo">the section called “Undo”</a> tabbed section of the |
| Preferences dialog. By default, the number of actions that you |
| can undo is 25.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-find-text"></a>To Find Text</h3></div></div><p>To search a file for a string, perform the following steps:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p>Choose |
| Search->Find |
| to display the Find dialog.</p></li><li><p>Type the string that you want to find in the |
| Search for field.</p></li><li><p>Select one of the following options:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>Search from the beginning of the |
| document</p></li><li><p>Search from the cursor position |
| </p></li></ul></div></li><li><p>Select the Case sensitive option |
| to only find occurrences of the string that match the case of the text that you |
| type. </p></li><li><p>Click Find to search the file |
| for the first occurrence of the string. If gedit |
| finds the string, the application moves the cursor to the string, and selects |
| the string.</p></li><li><p>To find the next occurrence of the string, click |
| Find Next.</p></li><li><p>To finish the search, click |
| Close. </p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-find-replace-text"></a>To Find and Replace Text</h3></div></div><p>To search a file for a string, and replace the string with an |
| alternative string, perform the following steps:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p>Choose |
| Search->Replace |
| to display the Replace dialog.</p></li><li><p>Type the string that you want to find in the |
| Search for field. </p></li><li><p>Type the string that you want to use to replace the |
| string that you find in the Replace with field.</p></li><li><p>Select one of the following options:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>Search from the beginning of the |
| document</p></li><li><p>Search from the cursor |
| position</p></li></ul></div></li><li><p>Select the Case sensitive option |
| to only find occurrences of the string that match the case of the text that you |
| enter. </p></li><li><p>Click Find to search the file |
| for the first occurrence of the string. If gedit |
| finds the string, the application moves the cursor to the string, and selects |
| the string. </p></li><li><p>Click on Replace to replace the |
| occurrence of the string with the text that you typed in the Replace |
| with field. Click on Replace All to replace |
| all occurrences of the string.</p></li><li><p>To find the next occurrence of the string, click |
| Find Next.</p></li><li><p>To finish the search, click |
| Close. </p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-open-from-uri"></a>To Open a File from a URI</h3></div></div><p>To open a file from a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), perform one of the following steps:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>Choose File->Open Location |
| to display the Open from URI |
| dialog. Enter the URI of the |
| file that you want to |
| open, then click Open.</p></li><li><p>Type <b>gedit <i><tt>http://...</tt></i></b> at a command line, where |
| <i><tt>http://...</tt></i> is the URI of the file that you want to open, then press |
| <b>Return</b>.</p></li></ul></div><p>The application opens the file located at the URI in readonly mode.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-pipe-output"></a>To Pipe the Output of a Command to a File</h3></div></div><p>You can use gedit to pipe the output of |
| a command to a text file. For example, to pipe the output of an <b>ls |
| </b> command to a text file, type the following command, then press |
| <b> Return</b>:</p><p><b>ls | gedit</b></p><p>The output of the <b>ls</b> command is displayed in a |
| new text file in the gedit window.</p><p>Alternatively, you can use the Shell Output plugin to pipe command |
| output to the current file. To use the Shell Output plugin, perform the |
| following steps:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p>Load the Shell Output plugin. See <a href="#gedit-install-plugins" title="To Load gedit Plugins">the section called “To Load gedit Plugins”</a> for |
| information about how to load a plugin.</p></li><li><p>Choose |
| Edit->Insert Shell |
| Output |
| to display the Shell output dialog. |
| </p></li><li><p>Type the shell command that you want to execute in the |
| Shell command field.</p></li><li><p>Edit the Working directory field |
| if necessary. By default, the Shell Output plugin executes the command you |
| specify in the current directory.</p></li><li><p>Click Run. The Shell Output |
| plugin executes the command and inserts the text output into the current file. |
| </p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-goto-line"></a>To Go to a Specific Line</h3></div></div><p>To go to a specific line in the current file, perform the following |
| steps:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p>Choose |
| Search->Goto |
| Line |
| to display the Goto line dialog.</p></li><li><p>Type the number of the line that you want to move the |
| cursor to in the Line number field.</p></li><li><p>Click Goto line. The application |
| moves the cursor to the line number that you specify.</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-input-mode"></a>To Change the Input Mode</h3></div></div><p>To change the input mode, right-click in the text window, then select Input Methods. |
| The Insert Unicode control character menu item provides character layout |
| options that are useful for working with non-Latin character sets.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-print-file"></a>To Print a File</h3></div></div><p>You can use gedit to perform the |
| following print operations:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>Print a file to a printer. </p></li><li><p>Print the output of the print command to a file.</p></li></ul></div><p>If you print to a file, gedit sends the |
| output of the file to a pre-press format file. The most common pre-press |
| formats are PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF).</p><p>To preview the pages that you want to print, choose |
| File->Print Preview |
| to display the gedit - Print Preview |
| dialog.</p><p>To print the current file to a printer or a file, choose |
| File->Print |
| to display the Print dialog.</p><p>The Print dialog allows you to specify the following |
| print options:</p><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="print-dialog-job"></a>Job Tabbed Section</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Print range </span></dt><dd><p>Select one of the following options to determine how |
| many pages to print:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>All</p><p>Select this option to print all of the pages in the file.</p></li><li><p>Selection</p><p>Select this option to print the selected text only. This option |
| is only available if you selected text.</p></li></ul></div><p>Default: All.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Copies </span></dt><dd><p>Use this spin box to specify the number of copies of the file that |
| you want to print.</p><p>Default: 1.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Collate </span></dt><dd><p>If you are printing multiple copies of the file, select this option |
| to collate the printed copies.</p><p>Default: unselected.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="print-dialog-printer"></a>Printer Tabbed Section</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Printer </span></dt><dd><p>Use this drop-down list box to select the printer to which you want |
| to print the file.</p><p>Default: Gnome default printer.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Settings </span></dt><dd><p>Use this drop-down list box to select the printer settings. To configure |
| the printer, click Configure.</p><p>Default: Default.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Location </span></dt><dd><p>Use this drop-down list box to select the print destination. To print the |
| file to a printer, choose lpr. To print the file |
| to a print file, choose File. If you select File, |
| type the name of the output file in the text box provided.</p><p>Default: lpr.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="print-dialog-paper"></a>Paper Tabbed Section</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Paper size </span></dt><dd><p>Use this drop-down list box to select the size of the paper to |
| which you want to print the file.</p><p>Default: A4.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Width </span></dt><dd><p>Use this spin box to specify the width of the paper. Use the |
| Centimeters drop-down list box to change the |
| measurement unit for specifying the paper size.</p><p>Default: 21.00 centimeters.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Height </span></dt><dd><p>Use this spin box to specify the height of the paper.</p><p>Default: 29.70 centimeters.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Page orientation </span></dt><dd><p>Use this drop-down list box to select the page orientation.</p><p>Default: Portrait.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Layout </span></dt><dd><p>Use this drop-down list box to select the page layout. A preview |
| of each layout that you select is displayed in the Preview |
| area.</p><p>Default: Plain.</p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-use-plugins"></a>To Use the gedit Plugins</h3></div></div><p>A plugin is a supplementary program that enhances the functionality |
| of an application. The gedit plugins enable you to |
| perform a variety of functions related to text editing from within the |
| gedit window. The following table lists the plugins |
| that are available.</p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr valign="top"><th valign="top"><p>Plugin Name</p></th><th valign="top"><p>Purpose</p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><p>ASCII table</p></td><td><p>Displays a dialog that contains an ASCII table. You can use the ASCII table to insert characters into a file.</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Compare files</p></td><td><p>Compares two files and displays the differences between the files in a new gedit window. |
| This plugin uses the diff program to compare the files.</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>CVS ChangeLog</p></td><td><p>Opens the log messages associated with CVS commit commands.</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Insert Date/Time</p></td><td><p>Inserts the current date and time into a file.</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Shell Output</p></td><td><p>Inserts the text output of a shell command into a file. </p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Tag list</p></td><td><p>Displays a dialog that contains a list of common tags. You can use the dialog to |
| insert a tag into a file. </p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>User name</p></td><td><p>Inserts the username of the current user into the file. </p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Word count</p></td><td><p>Counts the number of lines, words, characters with spaces, characters without spaces, and bytes in the current file. The plugin |
| displays the results in a Word count window. </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-install-plugins"></a>To Load gedit Plugins</h3></div></div><p>To load gedit plugins, choose |
| Edit->Plugin Manager. |
| The Plugin Manager dialog displays the following information:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>A list of the plugins that are available.</p></li><li><p>A Configure plugin button. You can use this button to open a |
| configuration dialog for the plugins that you can configure.</p></li><li><p>A brief description of each plugin. To display a description, |
| select the plugin from the list of plugins.</p></li><li><p>Details about the author of the plugin and the name of the module.</p></li></ul></div><p>To load a plugin, select the check box next to the name of the plugin. The gedit application |
| adds the plugin to the appropriate gedit menu, as described in the following table.</p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr valign="top"><th valign="top"><p>Plugin Name</p></th><th valign="top"><p>Added to Menu</p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><p>ASCII table</p></td><td><p>View->ASCII Table</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Compare files</p></td><td><p>File->Compare files</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>CVS ChangeLog</p></td><td><p>File->Open CVS ChangeLogs</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Word count</p></td><td><p>Search->Word Count</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Shell Output</p></td><td><p>Edit->Insert Shell Output</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Tag list</p></td><td><p>Edit->Tag List</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>Insert Date/Time</p></td><td><p>Edit->Insert Date/Time</p></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><p>User name</p></td><td><p>Edit->Insert User Name</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>To remove a plugin, deselect the check box next to the name of the plugin.</p><p>To close the Plugin Manager dialog, |
| click Close.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-customize-bars"></a>To Customize the Toolbar and Statusbar</h3></div></div><p>To display or hide the toolbar, choose View->Toolbar. To customize how gedit |
| displays the toolbar, choose View->Customize Toolbar, then select one of the following |
| menu items:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>Desktop Default: display the default toolbar.</p></li><li><p>Icon: display icons only.</p></li><li><p>Icon and Text: display icons and text.</p></li></ul></div><p>To display or hide the statusbar, choose View->Statusbar. To customize how gedit |
| displays the statusbar, choose View->Customize Statusbar, then select one of the following |
| menu items:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>Show Cursor Position: display the line number |
| and column number where the cursor is located.</p><p>Default: selected.</p></li><li><p>Show Overwrite Mode: display the editing mode. |
| If the editor is in insert mode, the statusbar contains the word INS. If the editor is in |
| overwrite mode, the statusbar contains the word OVR.</p><p>Default: selected.</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="gedit-prefs"></a>Settings</h2></div></div><p>To configure gedit, choose |
| Edit->Preferences.</p><p>The Preferences dialog contains the following |
| categories:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p><a href="#gedit-prefs-editor" title="Editor">the section called “Editor”</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#gedit-prefs-print" title="Print">the section called “Print”</a></p></li></ul></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-editor"></a>Editor</h3></div></div><p>The Editor category is subdivided into the following |
| subcategories:</p><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-fontsandcolors"></a>Fonts and Colors</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Use default theme font </span></dt><dd><p>Select this option to use the default system font for the text in the gedit text window. </p><p>Default: unselected.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Font used by the editor </span></dt><dd><p>This field displays the font that gedit uses to display text. |
| Click on the button to specify the font type, style, and size to use for text. </p><p>Default: Courier Medium 12 point.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Use default theme colors </span></dt><dd><p>Select this option to use the default theme colors in the gedit text window. </p><p>Default: selected.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Text color </span></dt><dd><p>Click on the Text color button to |
| display the color selector dialog. Select a color to use to display text in the gedit |
| text window. </p><p>Default: black.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Background color </span></dt><dd><p>Click on the Background color button to |
| display the color selector dialog. Select a background color for the gedit |
| text window. </p><p>Default: white.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Selected text color </span></dt><dd><p>Click on the Selected text color button to |
| display the color selector dialog. Select a color to use to display selected text. |
| </p><p>Default: white.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Selection color </span></dt><dd><p>Click on the Selection color button to |
| display the color selector dialog. Select a background color to use to highlight a text selection. |
| </p><p>Default: blue.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-tabs"></a>Tabs</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Set tabs width equivalent to </span></dt><dd><p>Use this spin box to specify the width of the space that |
| gedit inserts when you press the |
| <b>Tab</b> key. </p><p>Default: 8 characters.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-wrapmode"></a>Wrap Mode</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Wrap mode </span></dt><dd><p>Select one of the following options to determine how |
| gedit wraps text in the gedit |
| window: |
| </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>Never wrap lines</p><p>Select this option to never wrap lines. The text that you type is displayed in one line until you press |
| <b>Return</b>.</p></li><li><p>Wrap lines at word boundaries</p><p>Select this option to wrap text onto the next line, at a word level, when you reach the text window boundary. </p></li><li><p>Wrap lines at character boundaries</p><p>Select this option to wrap text onto the next line, at a character level, when you reach the text window boundary.</p></li></ul></div><p>Default: Wrap lines at character boundaries.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-linenumbers"></a>Line numbers</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Display line numbers </span></dt><dd><p>Select this option to display lines numbers on the left side of the |
| gedit window. </p><p>Default: unselected.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-save"></a>Save</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Create a backup copy of files before saving </span></dt><dd><p>Select this option create a backup copy of a file each time you save the file. The backup |
| copy of the file has a <tt>.bak</tt> extension.</p><p>Default: unselected.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Autosave current file every </span></dt><dd><p>Select this option to automatically save the current file at regular intervals. Use the spin box |
| to specify the interval at which you want to save the file.</p><p>Default: unselected, 10 minutes.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">When saving </span></dt><dd><p>Select one of the following save options:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li><p>Always use UTF-8 encoding (faster)</p><p>Select this option to save files using UTF-8 bit encoding.</p></li><li><p>Use current locale when possible</p><p>Select this option to save files using the current locale. You can set up locales for |
| different input methods. </p></li><li><p>Use current locale only if the file already uses it</p><p>Select this option to save a file using the current locale if the file was already saved in the current locale.</p></li></ul></div><p>Default: Always use UTF-8 encoding (faster)</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-undo"></a>Undo</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Set limit on undo levels to </span></dt><dd><p>Select this option to set a limit on the number of editing actions that you |
| can undo. Use the spin box to specify the maximum number of actions that you |
| can undo. </p><p>Default: selected, 25 actions.</p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-print"></a>Print</h3></div></div><p>The Print category is subdivided into the following |
| subcategories:</p><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-page"></a>Page</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Print page headers </span></dt><dd><p>Select this option to include a header on each page that you |
| print. You can not configure the header. </p><p>Default: selected.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Wrap lines (at character boundaries) </span></dt><dd><p>Select this option to automatically wrap text at a character level when you print |
| a file. The application counts wrapped lines as one line for line numbering purposes. |
| </p><p>Default: selected.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Print line numbers every |
| </span></dt><dd><p>Select this option to include line numbers when you print a |
| file. Use the spin box to specify how often to print the line numbers, for |
| example every 5 lines, every 10 lines, and so on. </p><p>Default: unselected, 1 line.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><h4 class="title"><a name="gedit-prefs-fonts"></a>Fonts</h4></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Font used to print the body </span></dt><dd><p>Click on this button to select the font to use to print the body text of a |
| file.</p><p>Default: Courier 9.0.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Font used to print headers </span></dt><dd><p>Click on this button to select the font to use to print the headers in a |
| file. </p><p>Default: Helvetica 11.0.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Font used to print line numbers |
| </span></dt><dd><p>Click on this button to select a font to use to print line numbers.</p><p>Default: Helvetica 8.0.</p></dd></dl></div><p>To reset the fonts to the default fonts for printing a file from gedit |
| click on the Restore default fonts button.</p></div></div></div></div></body></html> |
