To open a file from a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), perform the following steps:Choose FileOpen Location to display the Open Location dialog. Enter the URI of the file that you want to open.Use the Character coding drop-down list to select the appropriate character coding. Click Open.Alternatively, type gedit URI at a command line, where URI is the URI of the file that you want to open, then press Return. Valid types of URI include http:, ftp:, file:, and all of the methods supported by gnome-vfs.The application opens the file located at the URI in read-only mode.
