%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ gedit-&gedit-version; gedit Introduction to gedit The gedit package contains a lightweight UTF-8 text editor for the GNOME desktop. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gedit-md5sum; Download size: &gedit-size; Estimated disk space required: &gedit-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gedit-time; gedit Dependencies Required , , , , and Optional (to Provide Spell-Checking Capability) and Enchant* Optional (to Provide Python Bindings and Plugins) (including the gtk, pango and gtk.libglade modules) and (including the gtksourceview module) Optional , , libattr * is just one of many backend spell libraries Enchant can use. See the Enchant project page (URL above) for additional information about the available backends. User Notes: Installation of gedit Install gedit by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \ --sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir; \ --localstatedir=/var/lib \ --disable-spell && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations --disable-spell: This parameter disables spell-checking capability and is required if Enchant is not installed. Remove the parameter if Enchant is installed. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories gedit and gnome-text-editor gedit plugin modules The following subdirectories of $GNOME_PREFIX/: include/gedit-2.16, lib/gedit-2, share/{gedit-2, {gnome/help, omf}/gedit} Short Descriptions gedit is a lightweight text editor integrated with the GNOME desktop. gedit gnome-text-editor is a symlink to gedit. gnome-text-editor