gedit is a small and lightweight UTF-8 text editor. It is part of GNOME and uses the latest GTK+ and GNOME libraries. Complete GNOME integration is featured, with support for Drag and Drop (DnD) from Nautilus (the GNOME file manager), the use of the GNOME help system, the GNOME Virtual File System and the GNOME print framework. gedit uses a Multiple Document Interface (MDI), which lets you edit more than one document at the same time. It supports most standard editing features, plus several not found in your average text editor (plugins being the most notable of these). Plugins may also be written in the python scripting language: to enable python support you need the pygtk and gnome-python-desktop bindings.
Binary packages can be installed with the high-level tool pkgin (which can be installed with pkg_add) or pkg_add(1) (installed by default). The NetBSD packages collection is also designed to permit easy installation from source.
The pkg_admin audit command locates any installed package which has been mentioned in security advisories as having vulnerabilities.
Please note the vulnerabilities database might not be fully accurate, and not every bug is exploitable with every configuration.
Problem reports, updates or suggestions for this package should be reported with send-pr.