gedit is part of GNOME and uses the latest GTK+ and GNOME libraries. Complete GNOME integration is featured, with support for Drag and Drop (DnD) from Nautilus (the GNOME file manager), the use of the GNOME help system, the GNOME Virtual File System and the GNOME print framework.

gedit uses a Multiple Document Interface (MDI), which lets you edit more than one document at the same time.

gedit supports most standard editing features, plus several not found in your average text editor (plugins being the most notable of these).

gedit plugins may also be written in the python scripting language: to enable python support you need the pygtk and gnome-python-desktop bindings.

gedit requires GTK+-2.16.x, GtkSourceView 2.4.x and GConf libraries. PyGobject 2.12.x, PyGtk 2.12.x and PyGtkSourceView 2.4.x are required to enable python plugins support.

gedit Features:
1. Full support for internationalized text (UTF-8)
2. Configurable syntax highlighting for various languages (C, C++, Java, HTML, XML, Python, Perl and many others)
3. Undo/Redo
4. Editing files from remote locations
5. File reverting
6. Print and print preview support
7. Clipboard support (cut/copy/paste)
8. Search and replace
9. Go to specific line
10. Auto indentation
11. Text wrapping
12. Line numbers
13. Right margin
14. Current line highlighting
15. Bracket matching
16. Backup files
17. Configurable fonts and colors
18. A complete online user manual

The license of this software is Free, you can free download and free use this text editor software.