=== Toggle Menu plugin for gEdit == Add missing show or hide menu bar feature in gEdit. Toggle it with CTRL + ALT + M (or edit source for your pleasure) === How to install === First thing in list, check if you have gEdit plugins folder created $ mkdir ~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/ After that clone source and copy it to plugins folder $ git clone http://github.com/intarstudents/gEdit-Toggle-Menu.git $ cd gEdit-Toggle-Menu/ $ cp toggleMenu.* ~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/ That's all! Start up gEdit and enable it in Edit > Preferences > Plugins