Using Gedit Plugins on Linux Mint



Although Gedit comes default for many distribution desktop. It is really more than just a pretty text editors. In fact there are quite a pool of useful plugins to use.

Step 1: First Things First. Install Gedit Plugins
# apt-get install gedit-plugins


Step 2: Accessing the Plugins
  • After launching the Gedit Application, goto
    Edit > gedit Preference > Plugins
  • Browse the Plugins and check the ones you want to use. Some of the interesting and useful plugins are the colour picker, the session savers etc

Step 3: Need more information and external Plugins