Xed is a lightweight text editor
forked from
Pluma and is the default text editor in
Linux Mint
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Xed is a graphical application which supports editing multiple text files in one window via tabs. It fully supports international text through its use of the
Unicode UTF-8 encoding. As a general-purpose text editor, Xed supports most standard editor features, and emphasizes simplicity and ease of use. Its core feature set includes syntax highlighting of source code, auto indentation, and printing support with print preview.
Features
* Optional vertical tab list in side pane
* Complete support for UTF-8 text
* Auto indentation and configurable indentation values
* Document statistics of file and within selection (line counter, word counter, character count with and without spaces, byte count)
* View CVS changelogs
* Colored syntax highlighting
* Remote file editing
* Smart find and replace
* Print preview and printing
* File comparison
* File history
* Complete preferences interface
* Support for plugin customization
* Optional Python support
* Prebundled plugins including a spell checker, case transform, file browser, sort, and insert date/time
* Edit multiple files in one window using tab
* Indicate how long ago the file was last saved when closing an unsaved document.
* Ability to sort lines in alphanumerical order.
See also
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KDE
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default text editor
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://github.com/linuxmint/xed
Free software programmed in C
Free software programmed in Python
Free text editors
Linux text editors
Notepad replacements
Software using the GNU General Public License
Text editors that use GTK
Unix text editors