docs: have same app description in doap, AppData and manpage

And the README.md and in the user manual (in help/C/gedit-brief-intro.page).

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/data/gedit.1 b/data/gedit.1
index 269d5b9fa..7f2a6756b 100644
--- a/data/gedit.1
+++ b/data/gedit.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .TH GEDIT 1 "17 July 2022"
 .SH NAME
-\fBgedit\fP \- general-purpose text editor
+\fBgedit\fP \- a general-purpose text editor
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .br
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B gedit
-is a general-purpose text editor.
+is an easy-to-use and general-purpose text editor. Its development started
+in 1998, at the beginnings of the GNOME project, with a good integration with
+that desktop environment.
 
-The first goal of
-.B gedit
-is to be easy to use, with a simple interface by default. More advanced features
-are available by enabling plugins.
+You can use it to write simple notes and documents, or you can enable more
+advanced features that are useful for software development.
 
 .LP
 .SH OPTIONS
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.gedit.appdata.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.gedit.appdata.xml.in
index 97c91ca57..3ef03684b 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.gedit.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.gedit.appdata.xml.in
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
   <summary>Text editor</summary>
   <description>
     <p>
-      gedit is a general-purpose text editor. It has been created in 1998, at
-      the beginnings of GNOME.
+      gedit is an easy-to-use and general-purpose text editor. Its development
+      started in 1998, at the beginnings of the GNOME project, with a good
+      integration with that desktop environment.
     </p>
     <p>
-      The first goal of gedit is to be easy to use, with a simple interface by
-      default. More advanced features are available by enabling plugins.
+      You can use it to write simple notes and documents, or you can enable more
+      advanced features that are useful for software development.
     </p>
   </description>
   <kudos>
diff --git a/gedit.doap b/gedit.doap
index 6e43ae06d..d183690a7 100644
--- a/gedit.doap
+++ b/gedit.doap
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
   <name>gedit</name>
   <shortdesc xml:lang="en">gedit, a text editor</shortdesc>
   <description xml:lang="en">
-gedit is a general-purpose text editor. It has been created in 1998, at the
-beginnings of GNOME.
+gedit is an easy-to-use and general-purpose text editor. Its development started
+in 1998, at the beginnings of the GNOME project, with a good integration with
+that desktop environment.
 
-The first goal of gedit is to be easy to use, with a simple interface by
-default. More advanced features are available by enabling plugins.
+You can use it to write simple notes and documents, or you can enable more
+advanced features that are useful for software development.
   </description>
 
   <homepage rdf:resource="http://www.gedit.org" />