2.7. GEdit text editor

GEdit is installed by default.

Customize the settings using the preferences dialog or the command line:

• View ‣ Display right margin at column = 120

  gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor display-right-margin true
  gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor right-margin-position 120
  

• Editor ‣ Tab width = 4

  gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor tabs-size 4
  

• Editor ‣ Insert spaces instead of tabs = True

  gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor insert-spaces true
  

• Plugins ‣ Sort = True

  gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.plugins active-plugins "['docinfo', 'filebrowser', 'modelines', 'sort', 'spell', 'time']"