View file File name : gedit-quickstart.page Content :<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="gedit-quickstart"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index"/> <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-open-files"/> <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-close-file"/> <desc>A brief introduction to gedit.</desc> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Jim Campbell</name> <email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email> </credit> <credit type="editor"> <name>Sindhu S</name> <email>sindhus@live.in</email> </credit> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> </info> <title>Get started with gedit</title> <p><app>gedit</app> is a full-featured text editor for the GNOME desktop environment. You can use it to prepare simple notes and documents, or you can use some of its advanced features, making it your own software development environment.</p> <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gedit3-screenshot.png"/> <p>Once <app>gedit</app> launches, you can start writing right away. To save your text, just click the <gui>Save</gui> icon in the <app>gedit</app> toolbar.</p> <p>To learn about additional <app>gedit</app> features and to get assistance with performing additional tasks, explore <link xref="index">the other portions</link> of the <app>gedit</app> help.</p> </page>