"gedit" supports plugins and ships with a few that can be turned on or off in "Edit - Preferences - Plugins", but there are a also a number of 3rd party plugins available such as grep, HTML export, and HTML Tidy. http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins -- Lee Parmeter http://www.bubbasgeek.com "When it comes to Vista: just say NO! If you're not ready for Linux, buy a MAC!" - Lee Parmeter "God is not a republican or a democrat nor is His government a democracy!" - Lee Parmeter ______________________________________________________________________________ Highland Lakes Linux User Group (HLLUG): http://www.hllug.org HLLUG mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/hllug