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gedit preferences grayed out

I'm using gedit 2.28.4, on Centos 6.4. When I click on Edit > Preferences, I can't modify anything, as everything is grayed out. Also, I could not re-size the preferences window to locate the ...
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Polish chars in gedit (Fedora 18)

I locked my Fedora18 computer (set to Polish). Later I couldn't log in (password was accepted, but I didn't see my desktop). I used pkill -KILL -u tymon command in root mode (Ctrl+Alt+f2). After ...
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How do I scan for invalid characters on gedit?

I am having a dilemma whether to edit a javascript file or not. When I open it with gedit, it shows the following warning: The file you opened has some invalid characters. If you continue ...
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Gedit plugin able to display bash functions

I use gedit with classbrowser plugin when editing bash scripts. There is, however, a problem with classbrowser: it does not show bash functions with dashes like 'delete-all-files()'. I tried to check ...
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Search plugin for wrapping words with text in Gedit v3

I've been searching out for a plugin that could possibly wraps words with specified text. For example I double click this word to highlight it : word and using a particular shortcut, it becomes as ...
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gedit: tabs or spaces dependent on syntax

I almost always use the Insert spaces instead of tabs feature in gedit. The one exception is when writing a Makefile which requires tabs. I don't suppose there is a way to make this option dependent ...
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Gedit cannot save in shared folder (Virtualbox)

I'm getting the "Cannot save _ Unexpected error: Error renaming temporary file: Text file busy" in Gedit 2 when I try to save in a shared folder with Virtualbox (Debian). I've searched and apparently ...
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Running 'Leafpad' on terminal opens Gedit

I am running leafpad on the terminal but it opens gedit instead. Any Ideas why this happens? I am using Openbox btw.
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Gedit won't save a file on a VirtualBox share: Text file busy

I have a text file that I can change using other applications (for example openoffice). But when I try to change and save it using gedit, I am getting error from gedit: Could not save the file ...
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Gedit or an other non-commandline editor with the ability to spell-check two languages at the same time

I'm searching for an editor with the ability to spell-check two languages at the same time (German and English). Gedit can't do it out of the box. But I want to use Gedit. It should be possible by ...
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In Gedit, how might I jump from the command line (bottom frame) to the file explorer frame to the text editor frame using keyboard shortcuts

I know how to jump from tab to tab in the text editor frame, but jumping from the text editor (center-right top frame) to the command line (center-right bottom frame) using only the keyboard eludes ...
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Installing a gedit plugin on Fedora

I have been trying to install a gedit plugin called RunC to compile C programs using the text editor. Although the instructions tell me to use ubuntu 9 or 10 for this, I'm currently running Fedora ...
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open whole folder in gedit

Moving from OS X & Textmate to Ubuntu & gedit, the one feature of Textmate I am missing is it's command line tool. With mate I was able to open a folder as a Textmate project using mate . ...
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Gedit: syntax highlighting of echoing self-closing XHTML tags in JavaScript in PHP

Reproduction: In Gedit, open a new file and manually select the syntax highlighting language (at the bottom right) to PHP. Write some javascript in <script> tags Within the <script> ...
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Changing background color of gedit's whitespace highlighting

I've used NEdit since about 2003. NEdit's whitespace highlighting is subtle and I prefer it to the dot other editors put in whitespace. NEdit's background normally is light grey and whitespace is ...
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How to change the colour of embedded terminal in linux mint 12 to be able to use `ls` and `byobu`?

I'm using Linux Mint 12 and am having problems with the embedded terminal in gedit. Using the default themes I'm unable to use 'ls' and 'byobu' as in part of their output foreground and background ...
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Why won't Gedit save my file the first time I try?

I'm using Gedit on Fedora, and when I try to save, it states that it's unable to, but if I try again, it succeeds. So, it saves only on the second attempt, every time.
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Arithmetic operations in regex

I am using gedit regex plugin (Python style regex). I would like to do some arithmetic operation on a backreference to a group. For example: PART 1 DATA MODELS Chapter 2 Entity-Relationship Model ...
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How to match group 1 in a regex followed by a 0 rather than matching group 10

In regex plugin of gedit, I use a regex to match/search and another for substitution. In the matching regex, I only have one group. In the substitution regex, I use \1 to refer to the group, and I ...
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Gedit opening an “Unsaved document” on opening files with mouse

When I open files by double-clicking a file with mouse I always get one additional "Unsaved Document X".. which is very annoying, because I have to close tham all, and click "Close without save" every ...
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Problem installing markdown preview plugin for gedit on Linux Mint

I'm trying to install a markdown preview plugin for gedit, but when I try to active it, the entry greys out. Running gedit via the terminal, I get the following error message: Traceback (most recent ...
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what is it that clobbers my letters together in gedit?

sometimes after I've been editing a textfile in gedit the letters clobber together like this: what is it that does that and how can i stop it from happening?
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How do I create a new file and edit it as root?

I've tried: gksudo gedit /etc/xinetd.d/tftp (this is the path I need). I got an error message: couldn't find the file /etc/xinetd.d/tftp please check that you typed the location correctly and try ...
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How does one find and replace text in all open files with gedit?

How does one find and replace text in all open files with gedit?
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Gnome - windows always open top left

I find this a highly annoying "feature" on a wide screen monitor that my mostly used apps - terminal and gedit always open directly under the top-left corner of my screen and I have to drag them to my ...
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How can I write a new syntax highlighter for gedit?

Some times I wish the particular language I happen to be writing in had syntax highlighting. How can I add that?