GEdit and JSON formatting

Respected geek @whitemice didn't seem to think this was a big deal.
He's been sitting on this.

[UPDATE: Now he has created the article
http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com/2014/03/gedits-amazing-external-tools.html ]


You can format & lint a JSON file by creating an "External Tool" in
GEdit which is simply:

#!/bin/sh
python -m json.tool

Coding in GEdit: Advanced Bookmark Plugin for Navigating

I find that using GEdit works nicely,seamlessly with sftp folders, and I don't seem to get the random destruction of files that I get with other code editors.

I do miss code folding.

I found this subsitute:

http://code.google.com/p/advanced-bookmarks-gedit-plugin/

I "toggle" a bookmark on each function, and it marks the line number, sorts it, and lets me click, effectively giving me a code navigation system.