source: gnome/add/gedit.xml@ 1871e8e5

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY gedit-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gedit/&gnome-version;/gedit-&gedit-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gedit-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gedit/&gnome-version;/gedit-&gedit-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gedit-md5sum "e3cf99b9233377583a69c4ad235e8494">
<!ENTITY gedit-size "3.1 MB">
<!ENTITY gedit-buildsize "56 MB">
<!ENTITY gedit-time "0.6 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gedit" xreflabel="gedit-&gedit-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gedit.html"?>
<title>gedit-&gedit-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>gedit</application></title>

<para>The <application>gedit</application> package contains a lightweight 
<acronym>UTF</acronym>-8 text editor for the 
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> desktop.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gedit-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gedit-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gedit-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gedit-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&gedit-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gedit-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>gedit</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="eel"/> and <xref linkend="gtksourceview"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="aspell"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>gedit</application></title>

<para>Install <application>gedit</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch
puts <application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in 
<filename class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch puts
configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> 
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>gedit</application> package contains
<command>gedit</command>, <command>gnome-text-editor</command>, a Bonobo 
control module and several <application>gedit</application> plugin 
modules.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gedit</title>
<para><command>gedit</command> is a lightweight text editor.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>gnome-text-editor</title>
<para><command>gnome-text-editor</command> is a symlink to 
<command>gedit</command>.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>