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
- You can find the information at http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins
