---
name: "scribes"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "scribes"
version: "0.4~r543-2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/scribes"
---

# scribes(1)

simple, slim, sleek and powerful text editor for GNOME

## NAME

**scribes** - simple, slim, sleek and powerful text editor for GNOME

## SYNOPSIS

**scribes** \[OPTIONS\]*\[FILE\]*\[...\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **scribes** command.

**scribes** is a text editor for GNOME that is simple, slim and sleek, yet powerful.

**scribes** focuses on streamlining your workflow. It does so by ensuring common and repetitive operations are intelligently automated. And also by eliminating factors that prevent you from focusing on your tasks.

The result is a text editor that provides a fluid user experience. An editor that is easy and fun to use. And an editor that ensures the safety of your documents at all times.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **-n, --newfile**

  Create a new file and open it with.

- **-r, --readonly**

  Open file in readonly mode.\

## AUTHOR

scribes was written by Lateef Alabi-Oki.

This manual page was written by Emilio Pozuelo Monfort \<pochu@ubuntu.com\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).