Edit files in Cinnamon desktop environment - xed

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Edit files in Cinnamon desktop environment. More information: GitHub - linuxmint/xed: X-Apps [Text] Editor (Cross-DE, backward-compatible, GTK3, traditional UI).

  • Start the editor:

xed

  • Open specific files:

xed {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

  • Open files using a specific encoding:

xed --encoding {{WINDOWS-1252}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

  • Print all supported encodings:

xed --list-encodings

  • Open a file and go to a specific line:

xed +{{10}} {{path/to/file}}