Pluma is the text editor developed for the MATE desktop environment. It provides a traditional graphical editing experience suited to plain text, source code and system configuration files.
The editor supports multiple documents in tabs and integrates with MATE’s desktop services. Files can be dragged into Pluma from the Caja file manager, while remote documents can be accessed through the desktop’s virtual file system.
Pluma balances a straightforward interface with a useful set of programmer-oriented facilities. Optional plugins add features that are not required for every editing session and help keep the basic window relatively uncluttered.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Tabbed multiple-document editing.
- Syntax highlighting for many programming and markup languages.
- Unicode text editing.
- Remote file access through GVfs.
- Search and replace.
- Undo and redo.
- Automatic indentation.
- Configurable word wrapping.
- Line numbers and current-line highlighting.
- Bracket matching.
- Automatic backup support.
- Document revert facility.
- Print preview and printing.
- Drag and drop integration with Caja.
- Plugins for spell checking, sorting and inserting dates and times.
- Optional file-browser and tag-list plugins.
Website: github.com/mate-desktop/pluma
Support:
Developer: Pluma team
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Pluma is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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Pluma is my favorite Text Editor. 2nd is Geany.
My text editor of choice is Eight Megabytes and Constantly Swapping.
My first PC had 4MB of RAM. And Emacs did cause the machine to swap sometimes.