If you have ever used the Linux operating system in some of its distributions that have the Gnome desktop, you probably know that a text editor called Gedit has been added. Well, it has a version specially developed for Windows operating systems, which will allow you to improve the original performance of the text editor from the people of Microsoft, so let's show you its features.

As we were saying, Gedit is a text editor that comes from Linux, and that stands out above all for two qualities: its versatility and how efficient it is. If you are tired of editors of this type that consume too many resources of your computer or those to which you have to dedicate too much time to take advantage of them, here is a simple alternative with all the necessary tools for your tasks.

How it works

Gedit will allow you to work with several of the most common languages, among which we have to refer specifically to, such as Javascript, PHP, SQL, Java, or C. However, there are many more that you will discover yourself. For all of them, we have an endless series of built-in tools, such as indentation or highlighting, although if you continue reading, you will learn more advanced ones.

In the same way, Gedit allows you to work with several texts open simultaneously, considering that it incorporates a navigation system using tabs, thanks to which we can move from one continent to another in just seconds. This is especially interesting for those users who have to compare two texts because they will not need to close one to open the other.

At the same time, Gedit has, as we mentioned before, some other features designed for experts, such as counters or margins that are placed automatically, as well as graphic themes to add to the text. And if even its utilities were not enough for you, you should know that it has many add-ons that you can download in seconds to increase its initial functionality.

As it could not be otherwise, Gedit also has a system of Searching for specific words or phrases within the text, as well as a text substitute , thanks to which you will be able to replace a phrase repeatedly with others in one go. To this, we must add a built-in spell checker that will allow you to avoid any errors you may have and the possibility of taking the texts to print directly.

And as it is logical that many users use Gedit, especially to work with different programming languages, this software has a syntax coloring, which avoids that sentences are not closed and then will be seen badly. It also has line numbering, highlighting the line we are currently working on, and a section backing up our files.

Finally, we also wanted to point out that this application has support for UTF-8, an essential issue for those users who have to work with characters in different languages, as this will prevent it from being incompatible with any of them.

Gedit's user interface is excellent for three reasons: firstly, thanks to the fact that it is fully translated into many languages. Then, because the location of the main functions is well done, we can find them in seconds, even if we are inexperienced. And finally, because its aesthetic design is not the traditional Windows, you can see that its creators have made an effort to offer one of their own.

The best

If we had to point out some aspects that we can consider the best of Gedit, we would have to talk about the fact that it is a much simpler editor to use than others, although it does not give up any of the critical tools. On the other hand, it has spell checking to avoid mistakes, and its text search and replace system is so efficient that it is a pleasure to use it whenever we can.

The worst

Although Gedit shows itself as a program that complies in almost all aspects, during our experience of use, we have detected a single shortcoming that we are confident that its developers will solve when the time comes. Unfortunately, we do not have the possibility of adding different multimedia content, something that we believe could have been of enormous interest to many users.

Rating

Suppose the text editors you have tried so far are a bit complicated. In that case, Gedit is an excellent alternative that you can take into account since it does not lack any of the primary functions that we can expect in these cases, except for being able to add multimedia. But if this particular issue does not mean too much to you, it more than satisfies us in everything else.