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pluma (Latin: plūma "feather") is a fork of gedit 2 and the default text editor of the MATE desktop environment

pluma (Latin: plūma "feather") is a fork of gedit 2 and the default text editor of the MATE desktop environment used in Linux distributions. It extends the basic functionality with other features and plugins.

Pluma is a graphical application which supports editing multiple text files in one window (tabs or MDI). It fully supports international text through its use of the Unicode UTF-8 encoding. As a general purpose text editor, pluma supports most standard editor features, and emphasizes simplicity and ease of use. Its core feature set includes syntax highlighting of source code, auto indentation, and printing support with print preview.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluma_(editor)

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How to increase the number of recent files in Pluma from its default of 5?

The way for gedit doesn't work. Lubuntu 16.04 LTS, Pluma 1.12.2 from the repositories. Command-line solution without the use of external programs is preferred.
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Start a new instance of pluma or gedit when one is open already

pluma, and I believe gedit also, does not start a new instance, if it is running already, but instead opens the file with the existing instance. The call then returns immediately. Normally this is desired behaviour. But sometimes the immediate…
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Saving files without a trailing newline

Recently I discovered that, after years of thinking various software was adding a newline to the end of my files, it was actually Pluma (or Gedit - same difference) silently adding them all along. Currently I'm working on a website that will have…
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Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Pluma: 'Failed to load module 'pythonloader'

Pluma 1.18.2 on MATE 17.10 updated Jan 13 2018 Attenpting to enable Python Console through Plugin menu. (pluma:26739): libpeas-WARNING **: Failed to load module 'pythonloader': /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpeas-1.0/loaders/libpythonloader.so:…
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Is there a way to specify beginning of line in a Pluma Search?

Here is my description of the current system: Pluma 1.24.0 Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS MATE 1.24.0 I was trying to replace spaces with tabs, but only at the beginning of a line. I could find spaces, and could find tabs, and even combinations of spaces and…
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pluma editor open document on a new instance

I am using ubuntu mate 20.04. Whenever pluma is open and I want to edit another file it opens on a new tab on the already opened editor.How can I force it to open on a new window instead?
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How can I add Markdown syntax highligting to Pluma in 16.04 LTS?

I'm using Pluma on Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS and I see that it does not support syntax highlighting for Markdown lightweight markup language. But I know that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (and newer versions) have this highlighting pre-installed. How can I add…
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Setting Pluma's Default File Manager

While messing around with Lubuntu 19.04, running lxqt-sudo to launch Pluma text editor as root so that I could edit the /var/www PHP projects I had, I noticed when rightclicking the file browser pane and choosing View Folder, that it opened up, at…
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Pluma/Gedit REMOVE languages

I like to remove most of the languages from the pluma/gedit menues, where they show up. It's great that the editors support so many languages. But most of them I never use. So they are only in the way and I don't have enough time, scrolling the…
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How to install Control Your Tabs plugin for Pluma?

I doubt I should ask here, but it's about Ubuntu anyway. The DE is MATE. I need this plugin: Control Your Tabs Plugin for Pluma But the plugins folder is not existing in ~/.config/pluma. In this folder there's only one file with name accels. It…
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How to zoom in and out of text in Pluma?

I am using newest version of Ubuntu mate (22.04 - Jammy jelly-fish), where the text editor is 'Pluma'. Earlier, when I was in mint, I used to press 'Ctrl + scroll' for zooming in and out for changing font size. But, this is now not working in Pluma,…
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How do I change all Pluma settings

Using Ubuntu Mate 21.04 I guess I've done something wrong here, but when I select File/Open in Pluma, the chooser lists files/directories in reverse alphabetical order. How do I change this setting? I could use 'Open with File Manager' which…
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Select range of lines in native linux text-editors (gedit, pluma, nemo)

I have a very large text file, and I want to select part of the text (range of lines. Example: from line 10000 to line 40000 and the text has 100 thousand lines). But I do not see any option in these editors (gedit, pluma, nemo) that allows me to…
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How to change size of replace dialog box of pluma text editor

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 Mate LTS (and I know there is a newer version). The size of the replace dialog of the Pluma (v. 1.24.0) editor seems to be fixed. I'd like to enlarge it so that I can see complete strings in the search and the replace box…
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Difficult to choose a good Pluma syntax highlighting option for simple documentation. Help please?

I want to write some really simple notes to myself about some code I am writing. Actually, it would be sufficient just to put e.g. [CODE]...[/CODE] brackets round bits of quoted code so that it appears a different colour. I found a list at What…
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