Pluma - The MATE Text Editor
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Bugs
Shouldyouencounteranybugs,theymaybereportedat:http://github.com/mate-desktop/pluma/issues
Description
Pluma is the official text editor of the MATE desktop environment. While aiming at simplicity and ease of
use, Pluma is a powerful general purpose text editor. It can be used to create and edit all sorts of text
files.
Pluma features a flexible plugin system which can be used to dynamically add new advanced features to
Pluma itself.
This manual page briefly documents the pluma command.
Examples
pluma--encodingWINDOWS-1252ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/README Open the Linux Kernel README file from kernel.org's FTP server using Windows-1252 character encoding. pluma+156http://mate-desktop.org/ Open the main web page of mate-desktop.org and jump to line 156. pluma--new-window~/.bashrc~/.bash_history Open the current users .bashrc and .bash_history files in a new Pluma window.
History
SomeportionsofthismanualwereoriginallywrittenbyGedit'spreviousdevelopers,toaccompanyitintheGNOMEDesktopEnvironmentby:
Paolo Maggi <paolo@gnome.org>
Paolo Borelli <pborelli@katamail.com>
James Willcox <jwillcox@gnome.org>
Federico Mena Quintero <federico@novell.com>
Chema Celorio
(2000-2010)
Name
Pluma - The MATE Text Editor
Notes
This version of the Pluma Manual Page was written with Pluma. =)
Options
filename(s)...
Specifies the file to open when pluma starts. If this is not specified, pluma will start a new,
blank file with an "Unsaved Document" label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are separated by
spaces. pluma also supports handling of remote files.
--display=DISPLAY
X display to use.
--encoding
Set the character encoding to be used for opening the files listed on the command line.
--new-window
Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of pluma.
--new-document
Create a new document in an existing instance of pluma, on the last Pluma window that had focus.
+[num] For the first file, go to the line specified by "num" (do not insert a space between the "+" sign
and the number). If "num" is missing, go to the last line.
--list-encodings
Display list of possible values for the encoding option and exit
--version
Output version information and exit
-?,-h,--help
Print standard command line options.
--help-all
Print all command line options.
This program also accepts the standard GTK options.
See Also
Plumadocumentationcanbefoundfromthe"Help"menu,orbypressingtheF1key.
Further information may also be available at: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs
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Synopsis
pluma[OPTIONS...][FILES...]
