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Aniruddha G.
AG
Full-stack Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Decent text editor"
What do you like best about gedit?

Very basic text editor. Quite capable of handling large text files. Good for quick, small edits in code too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

Theming is not great. Existing in-built themes are not very easy on the eye. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Gedit - most simplified text editor for linux"
What do you like best about gedit?

It has a very simple interface yet provides syntax highlighting for all the common programming languages. Also you can change font style and font size on the go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

The theme of the editor gedit is static bright theme - so it cannot be changed to dark mode. All of today's editors provide this functionality so maybe gedit can also provide this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"GEdit - Simple Text Editor"
What do you like best about gedit?

It's a very lightweight and simple text editor, which comes preinstalled in Ubuntu. It supports most common programming languages, and it is very robust in syntax highlighting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

The support can be inreased to more programming languages, as well as more support features can be added, such as plugin support and autocomplete for common programming languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Services
TI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A good text editor for linux (not the best)"
What do you like best about gedit?

It's simple and clean. The language support is also great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

The theme engine is not great. Plugins and extensions are not available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

miquel g.
MG
Software engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best file management tool available on the market"
What do you like best about gedit?

The best part about gedit is how easy is to use it, how popular it is, how many things you can do it, it always works, efficient, fast, good support and many articles about it in the internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

It could be considered old or deprecated, but none of that is of matter. It's just as great as everyone has been saying, just takes a bit to get used to it!!!!!!!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sai Teja S.
SS
Information Technology Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best editor for IT"
What do you like best about gedit?

1. Color difference between the context

2. Compare tool

3. Check spelling

4 highlight misspelled words Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

1. Window of tab

2. Some Shortcuts not working

3. Some bugs available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aryan S.
AS
Editorial Director
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Dependable but minimal"
What do you like best about gedit?

It is a minimal no nonsense editor, syntax highlighting feature is a plus for coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

All the features are not visible at a glance, which makes it a bit difficult to mold according ro requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Palash S.
PS
Graduate Research Assistant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"GNOME based text editor with decent syntax highlighting"
What do you like best about gedit?

decent syntax highlighting support for various programming languages and offers flexible plugins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

often issues regarding file formatting and encoding and gets unstable while working with large files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
CC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Quick and Simple tool to edit files in Linux system"
What do you like best about gedit?

We can quickly open files in the linux OS and edit the files. It provides find and replace that works very smoothly and fast. It is good for linux beginners who are not proficient with the vi editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

Syntax highlighting seems me a big issue. Also not much support for shortcuts. Also, it lacks the support for good plugins because of that we can not extend the use of this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hemantharaju H.
HH
Senior Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Open source, less overhead and effective text editor for linux"
What do you like best about gedit?

Ease of use, accessibility, feels like most other windows text editors, simple interface. It supports syntax highlighting for major programming languages such as C, C++, Python, and Java. Also supports spell checking, and highlights matching brackets. It's also available for Mac, windows but I've not used!. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about gedit?

There are very few plugins and shortcuts are almost non-existent. Syntax highlighting is not that effective as it doesn't work sometimes with python and c++. The autosave feature for files is not supported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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