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  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-additional-plugins"/>

    <revision version="3.4" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Jim Campbell</name>

      <email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>

      <years>2011</years>

    </credit>

    <desc>Edit a document in multiple places at once.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Multi Edit</title>

  
The <app>Multi Edit</app> plugin allows you to edit a document in multiple

  places at once. This can be helpful when performing tedious editing tasks. To

  enable the Multi Edit plugin, select <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui>

  <gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Plugins</gui><gui>Multi Edit</gui></guiseq>.

  
After you have enabled the plugin, turn-on Multi Edit mode by pressing

  <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>C</key></keyseq>, or clicking

  <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui><gui>Multi Edit Mode</gui></guiseq>. You

  can then select the points in your file that you would like start

  editing.

  
To insert editing points in your file:

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Place your cursor at your first desired editing point.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>E</key></keyseq>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Move to your next editing point, and press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key>

      <key>E</key></keyseq> again.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Continue inserting editing points, adding as many as you need.

    </item>

  </steps>

  
Once you have inserted all of your editing points, you can make your

  desired edits.
 

  
To remove editing points, press the <key>Esc</key> key. This will remove

  all of the editing points. Pressing the <key>Esc</key> key again will turn

  off Multi Edit mode, returning the editor back to its normal state.

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