= Using gedit with Django = gedit is a free, lightweight editing tool for the GNOME desktop found in many distributions of Linux, BSD and other Unix systems. == Feature List == * Full support for internationalized text (UTF-8) * Configurable syntax highlighting for various languages (C, C++, Java, HTML, XML, Python, Perl and many others) * Undo/Redo * Editing files from remote locations * File reverting * Print and print preview support * Clipboard support (cut/copy/paste) * Search and replace * 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 Some screenshots of gedit: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gedit/screenshots.html There are useful plugins like a python console or snippets and of course you can write your own plugins in python. http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins/BetterPythonConsole == django theme for gedit == I created a theme based on the color scheme used on the Django website. To install the scheme copy the django.xml to /usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles/ {{{ sudo cp django.xml /usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles/ }}} and activate it in gedit > Edit > Preferences > Fonts & Colors. [[Image(gedit-django-scheme.png, top)]]