One of the main things that almost prevented me from switching to Linux was the lack of a text editor like TextMate or E-TextEditor. After all, it would be the program I’d use the most. But luckily Gedit has turned out to be almost up to the job, aside from a lack of multi-edit support!
So for the last few weeks I’ve been working on a Gedit plugin that allows you to edit multiple parts of a document, simultaneously. Ala Multi-edit! You can check it out at:
jon-walsh.com/journal/multi-edit/
The hardest part was not being able to use Gedit while creating it…
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