How to Enable Syntax Highlighting in Gedit

Programmers will be pleased to hear that Gedit includes syntax highlighting. However, it doesn't appear until the document is saved. It can be enhanced by clicking Edit > Preferences and checking Highlight Matching Bracket which, as its name suggests, will highlight the opening
and closing brackets of any command/phrase.

If for any reason you want to deactivate syntax highlighting, open gconf-editor and navigate to /apps/gedit-2/preferences/syntax highlighting and remove the check alongside enable on the right-hand side.

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