Sadeliği ve kullanım kolaylığını hedeflerken GEDIT, güçlü bir genel amaçlı metin editörüdür.

Notable Features:

• Full support for internationalized text (UTF-8)
• Configurable syntax highlighting for various languages (C, C++, Java, HTML, XML, Python, Perl and many others)
• Geri al/Yinele
• Editing files from remote locations
• File reverting
• Print and print preview support
• Clipboard support (cut/copy/paste)
• Search and replace with support of regular expressions
• Go to specific line
• Auto indentation
• Text wrapping
• Line numbers
• Right margin
• Current line highlighting
• Bracket matching
• Backup files
• Configurable fonts and colors
• A complete online user manual
• A flexible plugin system which can be used to dynamically add new advanced features