---
name: "gxedit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gxedit"
version: "1.23-8"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gxedit"
---

# gxedit(1)

a graphical text editor

## NAME

gxedit - a graphical text editor

## SYNOPSIS

**gxedit** *\[text file...\] \[options\]*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **gxedit** program. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has on-line help.

**Gxedit** is a GTK-based text editor with many useful features.  It can is very configurable, and allows the use of filters for handling different file formats, and [awk(1)](/awk/1.md) and [sed(1)](/sed/1.md) scripts for all sorts of purposes. It has support for [cvs(1)](/cvs/1.md) and some basic HTML tags, and some network support, and can even be used as a simple mail or news reader.  One rather interesting feature is the "mirror" feature which allows other people to connect to your **gxedit** session and see everything you type.

## OPTIONS

- **-v**

  Open file in view-only mode.

- **-f**

  Disables the menus and toolbars.

- **-i**

  Waits for input.  Usefule with tail -f.

- **-d**

  Gives debug information on startup.

- **-r**

  Resets the config file.

- **-p file**

  Loads a project file on startup.

- **-s script**

  Loads a script on startup.

## SEE ALSO

[awk(1)](/awk/1.md), [sed(1)](/sed/1.md), [cvs(1)](/cvs/1.md), [xproc(1x)](/xproc/1x.md), [gtk-shell(1x)](/gtk-shell/1x.md), the on-line help available from the "Help" menu item.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Chris Waters \<xtifr@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).