GNOME Text Editor explained

GNOME Text Editor
GNOME Text Editor
Logo Alt:Logo for GNOME Text Editor, which depicts an orange pencil writing lines on a white paper with blue borders along the top and bottom
Screenshot Alt:Screenshot of the GNOME Text Editor, showing it's graphical user interface and displaying a text document that contains the text of the GPLv3. The drop down for some options are also shown
Developer:Christian Hergert
Programming Language:Adwaita, GTK 4
Operating System:Linux
Genre:Text editor
License:GPL Version 3[1]

GNOME Text Editor is the default text editor for the GNOME desktop environment. The program is a free and open-source graphical text editor included as part of the GNOME Core Applications.[2] GNOME Text Editor has been the default text editor for GNOME since GNOME version 42, which was released in March 2022.[3] GNOME Text Editor replaces gedit as GNOME's default text editor, and was created due to the GNOME developers' intention of having all of their programs comply with GNOME's Human interface guidelines (HIG).[4] The adherence to their HIG is done by using the libadwaita library, and making gedit compliant with that would have required an extensive rewrite of gedit's code, so a new program was written from scratch instead.[5]

GNOME Text Editor was created by GNOME Builder's creator Christian Hergert.[6] The program was officially announced in March 2021 via a blog post by Hergert.[7] The text editor is built using the Adwaita design language[8] and GTK 4.[9] The text editor has features including themes, dark mode, session restoration,[10] autosave, the ability to zoom into text without changing the text's size,[11] custom font support, and opening files can be done via a popover box.[12]

Ubuntu replaced gedit, the text editor that had been Ubuntu's default text editor since 2004, with GNOME Text Editor in Ubuntu 22.10, citing Text Editor's adherence to desktop standards like dark mode and other GNOME design standards.[13] Linux distributions that use GNOME 42 have also replaced gedit with GNOME Text Editor, including Fedora 36.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: COPYING. September 26, 2022. GitLab.GNOME.org. April 9, 2020 . September 26, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220926015712/https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/-/blob/main/COPYING. live.
  2. Web site: Apps for GNOME . September 26, 2022 . GNOME.org . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926000842/https://apps.gnome.org/ . live .
  3. Web site: GNOME Release Notes . September 26, 2022 . GNOME.org . August 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814002014/https://release.gnome.org/42/ . live .
  4. Web site: LinuxStoney . June 3, 2022 . Ubuntu 22.10 will replace GEdit with the new GNOME text editor . September 26, 2022 . LinuxStoney.com . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926081231/https://linuxstoney.com/ubuntu-22-10-will-replace-gedit-with-the-new-gnome-text-editor/ . live .
  5. Web site: González . Diego Germán . March 1, 2022 . The new GNOME text editor . September 26, 2022 . Linux Adictos . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926074021/https://www.linuxadictos.com/en/the-new-gnome-text-editor.html . live .
  6. Web site: Nestor . Marius . December 4, 2021 . GNOME's Text Editor to Get Recoloring Support, Revamped "Open" Popover in GNOME 42 . September 26, 2022 . 9to5Linux . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926015711/https://9to5linux.com/gnome-text-editor-to-get-recoloring-support-revamped-open-popover-in-gnome-42 . live .
  7. Web site: Hergert . Christian . March 6, 2021 . A GTK 4 based Text Editor – Happenings in GNOME . September 26, 2022 . blogs.GNOME.org . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926074455/https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2021/03/06/a-gtk-4-based-text-editor/ . live .
  8. Web site: Prakash . Abhishek . April 26, 2022 . Hands on With GNOME's New Text Editor for Linux Users - It's FOSS . September 26, 2022 . It's FOSS News . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926015713/https://itsfoss.com/gnome-text-editor/ . live .
  9. Web site: T. . Raffaele . December 19, 2020 . GNOME "Text Editor" app is a mobile-friendly, GTK4 alternative to Gedit . September 26, 2022 . TuxPhones . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926072801/https://tuxphones.com/gnome-text-editor-mobile-friendly-libhandy-gtk4-gedit/ . live .
  10. Web site: Arindam . August 14, 2022 . New GNOME Text Editor - Everything You Need to Know . September 26, 2022 . DebugPoint.com . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926015712/https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-text-editor/ . live .
  11. Web site: Heil . Lucas Linzmeyer . January 27, 2022 . GNOME Text Editor portado para GTK4 traz novidades para desenvolvedores - Diolinux . September 26, 2022 . DioLinux.com.br . Portuguese . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926081830/https://diolinux.com.br/tecnologia/novidades-gnome-text-editor-gtk4.html . live .
  12. Web site: Das . Ankush . December 6, 2021 . GNOME has a Brand New Text Editor and it is Likely to Replace Gedit in GNOME 42 . September 26, 2022 . It's FOSS News . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926072318/https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-text-editor-to-replace-gedit/ . live .
  13. Web site: Sneddon. Joey. May 30, 2022. Ubuntu 22.10 Replaces Gedit with New Text Editor. September 26, 2022. OMG! Ubuntu!. September 26, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220926074021/https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/ubuntu-22-10-new-text-editor. live.
  14. Web site: Cooper . Merlin . May 10, 2022 . What's new in Fedora Workstation 36 . September 26, 2022 . Fedora Magazine . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926074932/https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-36-workstation/ . live .

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