Install xed text editor for Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 Systems. xed is a small and lightweight text editor. xed supports most standard editing features, plus several not found in your average text editor (plugins being the most notable of these).
Although new features are always under development, currently xed has:
- Complete support for UTF-8 text
- Syntax highlighting
- Support for editing remote files
- Search and Replace
- Printing and Print Previewing Support
- File Revert
- A complete preferences interface
- Configurable Plugin system, with optional python support
Some of the plugins, packaged and installed with xed include, among others:
- Word count
- Spell checker
- Change case of selected text
- File Browser
- Sort
- Insert Date/Time
- Tag list
xed is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
Install XML text Editor On Ubuntu
Run the following commands in Terminal to install XML text Editor on Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04 and other Ubuntu Derivatives:
$ git clone https://github.com/linuxmint/xed.git
$ cd xed/
$ ./autogen.sh
$ make
$ sudo make install
Once installed, open the XML editor from Ubuntu Dash.
https://github.com/linuxmint/xed