diff --git a/basis/editors/gedit/authors.txt b/basis/editors/gedit/authors.txt
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+Doug Coleman
diff --git a/basis/editors/gedit/gedit.factor b/basis/editors/gedit/gedit.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2008 Doug Coleman.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: editors io.launcher kernel make math.parser namespaces
+sequences ;
+IN: editors.gedit
+
+: gedit-path ( -- path )
+    \ gedit-path get-global [
+        "gedit"
+    ] unless* ;
+
+: gedit ( file line -- )
+    [
+        gedit-path , number>string "+" prepend , ,
+    ] { } make run-detached drop ;
+
+[ gedit ] edit-hook set-global
diff --git a/basis/editors/gedit/summary.txt b/basis/editors/gedit/summary.txt
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+gedit integration
diff --git a/basis/editors/gedit/tags.txt b/basis/editors/gedit/tags.txt
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+unportable