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General purpose applications

GNOME hex editor — ghex

The GNOME hex editor is an editor for non-ASCII files. It can be invoked from the panel or by typing

$ ghex &

Figure 2-9. GNOME hex editor: initial menu bar

Figure 2-10. GNOME hex editor: two files loaded at once

Using ghex is quite straightforward, and it has a manual available in the GNOME help browser.

gEdit

gEdit is a simple text editor. It can be invoked from the panel or by typing

$ gedit &

Figure 2-11. gEdit: two files open at once

GNOME terminal emulator (gnome-terminal)

The terminal emulator is a GNOME-compliant replacement for xterm. It can be invoked from the panel or by typing

$ gnome-terminal &

Figure 2-12. GNOME terminal emulator


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