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+.TH GEDIT 1 "24 Apr 2006"
+.SH NAME
+\fBgedit\fP \- text editor for the MATE Desktop
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B gedit
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B gedit
+is the official text editor of the MATE desktop environment.
+
+While aiming at simplicity and ease of use,
+.B gedit
+is a powerful general purpose text editor.
+It can be used to create and edit all kinds of text files.
+
+.B gedit
+features a flexible plugin system which can be used to dynamically add 
+new advanced features to
+.B gedit
+itself.
+.LP
+.SH OPTIONS
+
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+Prints the command line options.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-encoding\fR
+Set the character encoding to be used for opening the files listed on the command line".
+.TP
+\fB\-\-new\-window\fR
+Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of
+.B gedit.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-new\-document\fR
+Create a new document in an existing instance of
+.B gedit.
+.TP
+\fB+[num]\fR
+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.
+.TP
+\fBfilename(s)...\fR
+Specifies the file to open when 
+.B gedit
+starts. If this is not specified, 
+.B gedit
+will load a blank file with an "Unsaved Document" label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are
+separated by spaces.  
+.B gedit
+also supports handling of remote files.  For example, you can pass the location 
+of a webpage to
+.B gedit,
+like "http://www.mate.org", or load a file from a FTP server,
+like "ftp://ftp.mate.org/robots.txt".
+.TP
+\fB\-\-list-encodings\fR
+Display list of possible values for the encoding option and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+Output version information and exit
+
+.SH BUGS
+If you find a bug, please report it at http://bugzilla.mate.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gedit.
+.SH AUTHORS
+Paolo Maggi ([email protected])
+.TP
+Paolo Borelli ([email protected])
+.TP
+James Willcox ([email protected])
+.TP
+Federico Mena Quintero ([email protected])
+.TP
+Chema Celorio
+