Xed
Text editor forked from Pluma
Xed is a text editor forked from Pluma and is the default text editor in Linux Mint.
Xed is a graphical application which supports editing multiple text files in one window via tabs. It fully supports international text through its use of the Unicode UTF-8 encoding. As a general-purpose text editor, Xed supports most standard editor features, and emphasizes simplicity and ease of use. Its core feature set includes syntax highlighting of source code, auto indentation, and printing support with print preview.
01Features
- Optional vertical tab list in side pane
- Complete support for UTF-8 text
- Auto indentation and configurable indentation values
- Document statistics of file and within selection (line counter, word counter, character count with and without spaces, byte count)
- View CVS changelogs
- Colored syntax highlighting
- Remote file editing
- Smart find and replace
- Print preview and printing
- File comparison
- File history
- Complete preferences interface
- Support for plugin customization
- Optional Python support
- Prebundled plugins including a spell checker, case transform, file browser, sort, and insert date/time
- Edit multiple files in one window using tab
- Indicate how long ago the file was last saved when closing an unsaved document.
- Ability to sort lines in alphanumerical order.
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Xed”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Xed-screenshot.png by Unknown author, Public domain
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