#1 most frequent
United States of America
75.0%12 installations of 16
What is gedit?
gedit is a text editor for the GNOME desktop environment.
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Who Buys & Uses gedit
#2 most frequent
Brazil
6.3%1 installation of 16
#3 most frequent
Germany
6.3%1 installation of 16
Lightweight, flexible, simple application for efficient code notes
Pros
- Lightweight software
- Color-coded formatting
- Many language options for formatting
Cons
- Little in the way of type hints or formatting suggestions
- Purely an editor- no way to test the code
- No way to pin or quickly search for your favorite languages; the scrolling is somewhat cumbersome
Most Important Features
- Open source distribution
- Free to install on a number of OS
- Wide applicability for different languages
Return on Investment
- Easy to manually move and save ideas or chunks of code for future commits
- Free to install
- Widely applicable for different languages
Alternatives Considered
Notepad++
Other Software Used
Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Apple Numbers, Zoom, Slack