gedit
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gedit is a general-purpose text editor. It has been created in 1998, at the
beginnings of GNOME.

The first goal of gedit is to be easy to use, with a simple interface by
default. More advanced features are available by enabling plugins.

See the [gedit official website](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit) for
more information.

License
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gedit is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or
later, see the file [COPYING](COPYING) for more information.

Dependencies
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gedit depends on GTK 3.

For a complete list of dependencies, see the file [meson.build](meson.build).

Installation
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To build gedit from source, see the [docs/build.md](docs/build.md) file.

How to report bugs
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Please read
[the wiki page on how to report bugs](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ReportingBugs),
it contains a list of frequently reported bugs and a link to the bug
tracker.

Development resources
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- [gedit on GitLab](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gedit)
- [gedit-plugins on GitLab](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gedit-plugins)
- [Tarballs](https://download.gnome.org/sources/gedit/)
- [Roadmap](docs/roadmap.md)
- [gedit wiki attic](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/Attic)

Contributions
-------------

gedit development relies on voluntary contributions and everyone is invited
to help.

See the file [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.