johnfactotum / gedit-restore-zen

Restore zen mode in gedit 3.36

Restore Zen (gedit plugin)

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After:

Features

• In gedit 3.36, zen mode (centering the view when in fullscreen) is removed
• This plugin allows you to have zen mode
• Optional: you can choose to enable wrapping at right margin in preferences

Installation

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins/
cd ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins/
git clone https://github.com/johnfactotum/gedit-restore-zen.git restore-zen

Known Issues

• Breaks when you have multiple tab groups open
• Left margin is not colored with color scheme colors, which can be odd

See also

• Restore Overlay Scrolling - plugin for restoring overlay scrolling, which was also removed in gedit 3.36
• Restore Minimap - plugin for restoring the minimap, which was also removed in gedit 3.36