So, I want to use Ctr++/Ctr+- keyboard shortcuts inside gedit.
How Can I zoom in/out the gedit text like the terminal does?
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Justin Ok, Thank you man, That is cool!
However, I do not understand why this Text Size plugin is not installed by default.
Hm.. You know, It seems to me that It is a very strange decision. I mean, It is a very important feature for a text editor!
So, Do you know a reason why this plugin is not included by default?
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mrbatcop
Well at a guess, because the developers of gedit decided not to support that feature as a core part of gedit and by definition plugins are optional, they exist as ways to customise your experience. If something is supported by way of an external plugin (not shipped with the program) then it should in my opinion remain optional.
To put it another way it would be like arguing Solus should should ship Firefox with the ublock origin, Stylus and multi-account containers addons because I personally think they are important features for a web browser.
My question would be to the gedit developers. Why is it not a core feature? (I actually wouldn't ask this because I don't care so long as there is a way to do what I want).
I don't consider text zoom important at all, so in some user's words it may be considered bloat.
On the other hand text sorting would be great to have in by default but the GNOME devs seem to think it's OK as a plugin.
gedit is meant to be a very simple text editor along the lines of Windows' Notepad. there are plenty of more fully-featured text editors in the software centre- for example Sublime Text allows Ctrl-+ or Ctrl+mousewheel 
synth-ruiner
As far as I understand it, Sublime is not free and requires a steep learning curve.
mrbatcop
I don't hold Gedit very well either. The usability is not so exhilarating.
Personally, I think Geany is very good and fits well into almost every desktop.
Greetings