GNOME Text Editor
Developer(s)Christian Hergert
Stable release
45.0[1] / 17 September 2023; 5 months ago (17 September 2023)
Repositorygitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/
Written inAdwaita, GTK 4
Operating systemLinux
TypeText editor
LicenseGPL Version 3[2]
Websiteapps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.TextEditor/

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.[3] GNOME Text Editor has been the default text editor for GNOME since GNOME version 42, which was released in March 2022.[4] 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).[5] 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.[6]

GNOME Text Editor was created by GNOME Builder's creator Christian Hergert.[7] The program was officially announced in March 2021 via a blog post by Hergert.[8] The text editor is built using the Adwaita design language[9] and GTK 4.[10] The text editor has features including themes, dark mode, session restoration,[11] autosave,[5] the ability to zoom into text without changing the text's size,[12] custom font support, and opening files can be done via a popover box.[13]

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.[14] Linux distributions that use GNOME 42 have also replaced gedit with GNOME Text Editor, including Fedora 36.[15]

References

  1. ^ "45.0 · Tags · GNOME / gnome-text-editor · GitLab".
  2. ^ "COPYING". GitLab.GNOME.org. April 9, 2020. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Apps for GNOME". GNOME.org. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "GNOME Release Notes". GNOME.org. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  5. ^ a b LinuxStoney (June 3, 2022). "Ubuntu 22.10 will replace GEdit with the new GNOME text editor". LinuxStoney.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  6. ^ González, Diego Germán (March 1, 2022). "The new GNOME text editor". Linux Adictos. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  7. ^ Nestor, Marius (December 4, 2021). "GNOME's Text Editor to Get Recoloring Support, Revamped "Open" Popover in GNOME 42". 9to5Linux. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  8. ^ Hergert, Christian (March 6, 2021). "A GTK 4 based Text Editor – Happenings in GNOME". blogs.GNOME.org. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  9. ^ Prakash, Abhishek (April 26, 2022). "Hands on With GNOME's New Text Editor for Linux Users - It's FOSS". It's FOSS News. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  10. ^ T., Raffaele (December 19, 2020). "GNOME "Text Editor" app is a mobile-friendly, GTK4 alternative to Gedit". TuxPhones. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  11. ^ Arindam (August 14, 2022). "New GNOME Text Editor - Everything You Need to Know". DebugPoint.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  12. ^ Heil, Lucas Linzmeyer (January 27, 2022). "GNOME Text Editor portado para GTK4 traz novidades para desenvolvedores - Diolinux". DioLinux.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  13. ^ Das, Ankush (December 6, 2021). "GNOME has a Brand New Text Editor and it is Likely to Replace Gedit in GNOME 42". It's FOSS News. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  14. ^ Sneddon, Joey (May 30, 2022). "Ubuntu 22.10 Replaces Gedit with New Text Editor". OMG! Ubuntu!. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  15. ^ Cooper, Merlin (May 10, 2022). "What's new in Fedora Workstation 36". Fedora Magazine. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.

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