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      id="gedit-quickstart">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-open-files"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-close-file"/>
    <desc>A brief introduction to gedit.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Sindhu S</name>
      <email>sindhus@live.in</email>
    </credit>
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  </info>

  <title>Get started with gedit</title>
  <p><app>gedit</app> is a full-featured text editor for the GNOME desktop
  environment. You can use it to prepare simple notes and documents, or you
  can use some of its advanced features, making it your own software
  development environment.</p>

  <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gedit3-screenshot.png"/>

  <p>Once <app>gedit</app> launches, you can start writing right away. To save
  your text, just click the <gui>Save</gui> icon in the <app>gedit</app>
  toolbar.</p>

  <p>To learn about additional <app>gedit</app> features and to get assistance
  with performing additional tasks, explore <link xref="index">the other
  portions</link> of the <app>gedit</app> help.</p>

</page>
