Comment 1 for bug 1004212

Automation is preferred whenever possible. Thus, instead of working around this by asking the human to set wrapping modes manually, I can suggest two options.

Looking at scripts/touchpad.py, I notice a function called gedit_wrap_none, which should take care of setting wrapping to a sane value. However it seems to use the old gconf API:

import gconf
 wrap_mode = client.get_string('/apps/gedit-2/preferences/editor'
                                  '/wrap_mode/wrap_mode')
this returns nothing, whereas it should return 'word' (the wrapping mode I have set up on my system).

Instead, this should probably use the new GSettings API (and GObject introspection, baby!):

from gi.repository import Gio

gedit_settings = Gio.Settings.new("org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor")
wrap_mode = gedit_settings.get_string('wrap_mode')
gedit_settings.set_string('wrap_mode','none')

SInce the test needs to be reworked, the second alternative I may suggest is to use a simple Gtk app that presents a ScrolledWindow with a TextView inside. This is not much more complicated than fixing the current test (at 61 lines, and the Gtk app implementation is a bit over 70 lines) and may be easier to port/extend in the future.

I'll attach a bzr branch with the Gtk app and we can decide which solution is best.