Every Linux user that has used the GNOME desktop environment must have had at least an encounter with its default text editor, Gedit. You start it up, and it looks like a simple notepad type application with a toolbar added on top. However, don't let yourself fooled by that simple appearance.
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Ubuntu87
14 weeks 8 hours 40 min 58 sec ago
Ok, wait a second here.
You're saying that Gedit looks simple?
Well, if so, then what can we say about "Notepad"?!?! :D
Lanadapter
13 weeks 6 hours 32 min 15 sec ago
Re: Ok, wait a second here.
That it completely lacks any truly useful features? Syntax highlighting is something that should have been added by this point, but stalled development is what you can expect when a company is given a near monopoly and their software is nowhere near being open.
Ubuntu87
13 weeks 3 hours 44 min 41 sec ago
Exactly..
Couldn't agree more.
Thank you.