Ubuntu
dolphin package

when using gedit to edit a file from dolphin, gedit always open an additional "untitled document"

Bug #890203 reported by Oded Arbel
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dolphin (Arch Linux)
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dolphin (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

With Kubuntu (Oneiric), if you right click a text file in the dolphin file browser and select "Open With"->"gedit", a new gedit window comes up with the selected file opened but also a second tab is created with "untitled document".

When closing the editor, gedit always asks if you want to save the redundant file - which is really annoying.

Starting gedit from the command line or from Nautilus does not exhibit this problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gedit 3.2.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 14 14:47:48 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANGUAGE=
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Oded Arbel (oded-geek) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, that seems an issue with how dolphin calls gedit

affects: gedit (Ubuntu) → dolphin (Ubuntu)
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Oded Arbel (oded-geek) wrote :

BTW - I get the same behavior when I've set up my browser to open some downloaded files using gedit: I'm using Firefox 11 UX downloaded from Mozilla as a binary tarball, and I can reproduce the same problem that I've explained before using the following process:
1. Browse to some file that Firefox 11 UX does not know how to open.
2. In the "Save" dialog choose "Open" and click "Browse"
3. In the browse dialog enter /usr/bin/gedit
4. OK everything.

The result:
A new gedit window opens with two tabs: the requested file is the first tab and the second tab is an "untitled document" with a "loading animation" for the icon.

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Oded Arbel (oded-geek) wrote :

Additional information - in both scenarios if you leave the gedit window open and get either Dolphin or Firefox to open a new file, you get two additional tabs on the existing gedit window - the file you requested and another "untitled document".

I've tried to see if I can reproduce this behavior by invoking gedit with the shell, but no matter what combination I tried I couldn't figure out what parameters can be used to trigger this behavior. When I reproduce this behavior using Dolphin or Firefox, the parameter list gedit's proc entry look normal.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in dolphin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Robert (robert-rapczynski) wrote :

Affects Archlinux Gedit / Dolphin with KDE as well for at least 5 months. Having no earlier information, because never used before.

Confirming two additional tabs mentioned in #4

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