---
name: "gnp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnotepad+"
version: "1.3.3-8"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnp"
---

# gnp(1)

gnotepad+, a GTK-based HTML/text editor

## NAME

gnp - gnotepad+, a GTK-based HTML/text editor

## SYNOPSIS

**gnp** \[**options**\] \[**files ...**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Gnotepad+** is an easy-to-use, yet fairly feature-rich, simple HTML and text editor for Unix based systems running X11 and using GTK (the Gimp ToolKit).  Gnotepad+ was designed to have as little bloat as possible, while still providing many of the common features found in a modern GUI-based text editor.  It is still fairly light-weight, especially for the features it offers, and aims to remain that way.

The "+" in gnotepad+ is there to differentiate it from other GTK-based text editors which may call themselves "gnotepad".  Additionally, gnotepad+ is not intended to be fancy, so it leverages its text editing capabilities on the GTK Text Widget.  Hence, if you are looking for a programmers's editor, look for another text editor or help improve the GTK Text Widget.

On startup **gnp** will create the directory *.gnp* within the user's home directory.  The user may create the file *gtkrc* in that directory and put GTK-specific settings there.  Four additional files, *apprc*, *appgtkrc*, *recentrc*, and *sessionrc*, are also created there.  They are maintained by the program itself, so the user should never need to edit these two files.

## OPTIONS

- **-?**, **--help**

  displays a help screen.

- **-v**, **--version**

  displays the version and exits.

- **-i**, **--info**

  shows the compiler options used at build stage.

- **-s**, **--nosplash**

  disables the startup splash screen.

- **-l**, **--ldsession**

  load opened files from previous session.

## OTHER INFORMATION

GTK can be found at http://www.gtk.org.

http://gnotepad.sourceforge.net is the homepage for gnotepad+.

## AUTHOR

**gnotepad+** is written by Andy Kahn \<ackahn@netapp.com\>.