true

Use Default Font

Whether to use the system’s default fixed width font for editing text instead of a font specific to gedit. If this option is turned off, then the font named in the “Editor Font” option will be used instead of the system font. 'Monospace 12'

Editor Font

A custom font that will be used for the editing area. This will only take effect if the “Use Default Font” option is turned off. 'tango'

Style Scheme

The ID of a GtkSourceView Style Scheme used to color the text. false

Create Backup Copies

Whether gedit should create backup copies for the files it saves. false

Autosave

Whether gedit should automatically save modified files after a time interval. You can set the time interval with the “Autosave Interval” option. 10

Autosave Interval

Number of minutes after which gedit will automatically save modified files. This will only take effect if the “Autosave” option is turned on. 2000

Maximum Number of Undo Actions

Maximum number of actions that gedit will be able to undo or redo. Use “-1” for unlimited number of actions. 'word'

Line Wrapping Mode

Specifies how to wrap long lines in the editing area. Use “none” for no wrapping, “word” for wrapping at word boundaries, and “char” for wrapping at individual character boundaries. Note that the values are case-sensitive, so make sure they appear exactly as mentioned here. 'word'

Last split mode choice for line wrapping mode

Specifies the last split mode used with line wrapping mode, so that when wrapping mode is off we still remember the split mode choice. Use “word” for wrapping at word boundaries, and “char” for wrapping at individual character boundaries. 8

Tab Size

Specifies the number of spaces that should be displayed instead of Tab characters. false

Insert spaces

Whether gedit should insert spaces instead of tabs. true

Automatic indent

Whether gedit should enable automatic indentation. true

Display Line Numbers

Whether gedit should display line numbers in the editing area. true

Highlight Current Line

Whether gedit should highlight the current line. true

Highlight Matching Brackets

Whether gedit should highlight matching brackets. false

Display Right Margin

Whether gedit should display the right margin in the editing area. 80

Right Margin Position

Specifies the position of the right margin. 'none'

Document background pattern type

Whether the document will get a background pattern painted. 'after'

Smart Home End

Specifies how the cursor moves when the HOME and END keys are pressed. Use “disabled” to always move at the start/end of the line, “after” to move to the start/end of the line the first time the keys are pressed and to the start/end of the text ignoring whitespaces the second time the keys are pressed, “before” to move to the start/end of the text before moving to the start/end of the line and “always” to always move to the start/end of the text instead of the start/end of the line. true

Restore Previous Cursor Position

Whether gedit should restore the previous cursor position when a file is loaded. true

Enable Syntax Highlighting

Whether gedit should enable syntax highlighting. true

Enable Search Highlighting

Whether gedit should highlight all the occurrences of the searched text. true

Ensure Trailing Newline

Whether gedit will ensure that documents always end with a trailing newline. 'auto'

Notebook Show Tabs Mode

Specifies when to show the notebook tabs. Use “never” to never show the tabs, “always” to always show the tabs, and “auto” to show the tabs only when there is more than one tab. Note that the values are case-sensitive, so make sure they appear exactly as mentioned here. true

Status Bar is Visible

Whether the status bar at the bottom of editing windows should be visible. false

Side panel is Visible

Whether the side panel at the left of editing windows should be visible. false true

Print Syntax Highlighting

Whether gedit should print syntax highlighting when printing documents. true

Print Header

Whether gedit should include a document header when printing documents. 'word'

Printing Line Wrapping Mode

Specifies how to wrap long lines for printing. Use “none” for no wrapping, “word” for wrapping at word boundaries, and “char” for wrapping at individual character boundaries. Note that the values are case-sensitive, so make sure they appear exactly as mentioned here. 0

Print Line Numbers

If this value is 0, then no line numbers will be inserted when printing a document. Otherwise, gedit will print line numbers every such number of lines. 'Monospace 9'

Body Font for Printing

Specifies the font to use for a document’s body when printing documents. 'Sans 11'

Header Font for Printing

Specifies the font to use for page headers when printing a document. This will only take effect if the “Print Header” option is turned on. 'Sans 8'

Line Number Font for Printing

Specifies the font to use for line numbers when printing. This will only take effect if the “Print Line Numbers” option is non-zero. 25

Margin Left

The left margin, in millimeters. 15

Margin Top

The top margin, in millimeters. 25

Margin Right

The right margin, in millimeters. 25

Margin Bottom

The bottom margin, in millimeters. ['']

Candidate Encodings

List of candidate encodings shown in the Character Encoding menu in the open/save file chooser. “CURRENT” represents the current locale encoding. Only recognized encodings are used. The default value is the empty list, in which case gedit will choose good defaults depending on the country and language. 0 (900, 700) 200 '' 140 '' 0 true [''] [''] [@ACTIVE_PLUGINS@]

Active plugins

List of active plugins.