GNOME Text Editor

{{Short description|Text editor for Linux}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox software

| name = GNOME Text Editor

| title = GNOME Text Editor

| logo = GNOME Text Editor Icon.svg

| logo alt = Logo for GNOME Text Editor, which depicts an orange pencil writing lines on a white paper with blue borders along the top and bottom

| screenshot = File:GNOME_Text_Editor_47.png

| screenshot alt = Screenshot of the GNOME Text Editor, showing it's graphical user interface and displaying a text document that contains the text of the GPLv3. The drop down for some options are also shown

| caption = GNOME Text Editor in dark mode with the hamburger button options displayed

| developer = Christian Hergert

| released =

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}

| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}

| repo = {{URL|https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/}}

| programming language = Adwaita, GTK 4

| operating system = Linux

| genre = Text editor

| license = GPL Version 3{{Cite web|title=COPYING|url=https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/-/blob/main/COPYING|access-date=September 26, 2022|website=GitLab.GNOME.org|date=April 9, 2020 |archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926015712/https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/-/blob/main/COPYING|url-status=live}}

| website = {{URL|https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.TextEditor/}}

}}

File:Screenshot of tabs in GNOME Text Editor.png

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.{{Cite web |title=Apps for GNOME |url=https://apps.gnome.org/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=GNOME.org |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926000842/https://apps.gnome.org/ |url-status=live }} GNOME Text Editor has been the default text editor for GNOME since GNOME version 42, which was released in March 2022.{{Cite web |title=GNOME Release Notes |url=https://release.gnome.org/42/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=GNOME.org |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814002014/https://release.gnome.org/42/ |url-status=live }} 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 the GNOME Human interface guidelines (HIG).{{Cite web |last=LinuxStoney |date=June 3, 2022 |title=Ubuntu 22.10 will replace GEdit with the new GNOME text editor |url=https://linuxstoney.com/ubuntu-22-10-will-replace-gedit-with-the-new-gnome-text-editor/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=LinuxStoney.com |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926081231/https://linuxstoney.com/ubuntu-22-10-will-replace-gedit-with-the-new-gnome-text-editor/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |last=González |first=Diego Germán |date=March 1, 2022 |title=The new GNOME text editor |url=https://www.linuxadictos.com/en/the-new-gnome-text-editor.html |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=Linux Adictos |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926074021/https://www.linuxadictos.com/en/the-new-gnome-text-editor.html |url-status=live }}

GNOME Text Editor was created by GNOME Builder's creator Christian Hergert.{{Cite web |last=Nestor |first=Marius |date=December 4, 2021 |title=GNOME's Text Editor to Get Recoloring Support, Revamped "Open" Popover in GNOME 42 |url=https://9to5linux.com/gnome-text-editor-to-get-recoloring-support-revamped-open-popover-in-gnome-42 |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=9to5Linux |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926015711/https://9to5linux.com/gnome-text-editor-to-get-recoloring-support-revamped-open-popover-in-gnome-42 |url-status=live }} The program was officially announced in March 2021 via a blog post by Hergert.{{Cite web |last=Hergert |first=Christian |date=March 6, 2021 |title=A GTK 4 based Text Editor – Happenings in GNOME |url=https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2021/03/06/a-gtk-4-based-text-editor/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=blogs.GNOME.org |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926074455/https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2021/03/06/a-gtk-4-based-text-editor/ |url-status=live }} The text editor is built using the Adwaita design language{{Cite web |last=Prakash |first=Abhishek |date=April 26, 2022 |title=Hands on With GNOME's New Text Editor for Linux Users - It's FOSS |url=https://itsfoss.com/gnome-text-editor/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=It's FOSS News |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926015713/https://itsfoss.com/gnome-text-editor/ |url-status=live }} and GTK 4.{{Cite web |last=T. |first=Raffaele |date=December 19, 2020 |title=GNOME "Text Editor" app is a mobile-friendly, GTK4 alternative to Gedit |url=https://tuxphones.com/gnome-text-editor-mobile-friendly-libhandy-gtk4-gedit/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=TuxPhones |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926072801/https://tuxphones.com/gnome-text-editor-mobile-friendly-libhandy-gtk4-gedit/ |url-status=live }} The text editor has features including themes, dark mode, session restoration,{{Cite web |last=Arindam |date=August 14, 2022 |title=New GNOME Text Editor - Everything You Need to Know |url=https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-text-editor/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=DebugPoint.com |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926015712/https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-text-editor/ |url-status=live }} autosave, the ability to zoom into text without changing the text's size,{{Cite web |last=Heil |first=Lucas Linzmeyer |date=January 27, 2022 |title=GNOME Text Editor portado para GTK4 traz novidades para desenvolvedores - Diolinux |url=https://diolinux.com.br/tecnologia/novidades-gnome-text-editor-gtk4.html |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=DioLinux.com.br |language=Portuguese |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926081830/https://diolinux.com.br/tecnologia/novidades-gnome-text-editor-gtk4.html |url-status=live }} custom font support, and opening files can be done via a popover box.{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Ankush |date=December 6, 2021 |title=GNOME has a Brand New Text Editor and it is Likely to Replace Gedit in GNOME 42 |url=https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-text-editor-to-replace-gedit/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=It's FOSS News |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926072318/https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-text-editor-to-replace-gedit/ |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite web|last=Sneddon|first=Joey|date=May 30, 2022|title=Ubuntu 22.10 Replaces Gedit with New Text Editor|url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/ubuntu-22-10-new-text-editor|access-date=September 26, 2022|website=OMG! Ubuntu!|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926074021/https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/ubuntu-22-10-new-text-editor|url-status=live}} Linux distributions that use GNOME 42 have also replaced gedit with GNOME Text Editor, including Fedora 36.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Merlin |date=May 10, 2022 |title=What's new in Fedora Workstation 36 |url=https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-36-workstation/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=Fedora Magazine |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926074932/https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-36-workstation/ |url-status=live }}