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gedit

gedit is a graphical text editor aimed simplicity and easy of use. Further information can be found at the GNOME wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit

Usage

Due to the light resource requirement and nature of its usage, gedit is allowed unlimited usage on login nodes within reason.

To launch a session of gedit:

gedit

Or use the following to launch gedit without tying up your current terminal:

gedit &

Specific files can be opened directly. To open a file named "Example.txt":

gedit Example.txt &

Bugs

gedit and some other graphical programs are known to crash when certain modules are loaded. If you experience gedit constantly crashing, please try to unload your current modules and relaunch gedit:

module purge
gedit &

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