Mastering Linux Shell Scripting - Second Edition

Configuring gedit

Graphical editors, such as gedit, can be configured using the preferences menu, and are pretty straightforward.

Enabling tab spacing to be set to 4 spaces and expanding tabs to spaces can be done using the Preferences | Editor tab, as shown in the following screenshot:

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Another very useful feature is found on the Preferences | Plugins tab. Here, we ...