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How to REALLY make Sublime Text Build 3143 the default text editor in Ubuntu 16.04.3

You're problably going to say this is a duplicate, and it would be if I had not looked here Sublime text as default editor for all text files and here How do I make Sublime Text 3 the default text ...
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Which best practice for using gedit as root? [duplicate]

gksudo seeming to be somehow depreciated since 2017 as I see on the french forum documentation, is there an environment and version agnostic best practice allowing to use gedit as root? (excluding ...
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How to Change language of gedit in WSL [closed]

I have installed WSL on windows 10. After that using VcXsrv, I can launch gedit editor from the installed WSL. Moreover, I have tried to install Arabic and Persian language using this link, and it was ...
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GTK warning on using gedit command [duplicate]

I use Ubuntu 17.04. Every time I use gedit command in terminal I get a warning. $ gedit sample.cpp (gedit:6496): Gtk-WARNING **: Allocating size to GtkPaned 0x55bb7be10780 without calling ...
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can I get rid of the open/new/save toolbar in gedit 3.18.3?

In gedit 3.18.3, there is a bar at the top with the options "Open", "Create new document" (as a hat-type symbol with a plus inside), and then to the far right after a long stretch of blank/unused ...
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Use no tabs in Gedit

How to force Gedit always, any time, in any place open new doc in a new window? And never, nowhere open it in a new tab?
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Pluma/Gedit REMOVE languages

I like to remove most of the languages from the pluma/gedit menues, where they show up. It's great that the editors support so many languages. But most of them I never use. So they are only in the ...
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Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Pluma: 'Failed to load module 'pythonloader'

Pluma 1.18.2 on MATE 17.10 updated Jan 13 2018 Attenpting to enable Python Console through Plugin menu. (pluma:26739): libpeas-WARNING **: Failed to load module 'pythonloader': /usr/lib/x86_64-...
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Create a desktop icon to invoke text editor for a specified file

I'm still a complete noob as regards Unix/Linux/Ubuntu. Per that earlier question, I tried installing Ubuntu 4 years ago, but gave up when I couldn't even manage to configure my screen resolution. I ...
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How to go to a specific line number in gedit, using guake?

I use guake which let me directly open a file if I ctrl+click on it. I have the need to open a file AND directly go to the specific line shown on screen. How can I set guake to make it work? I tried ...
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Is it possible to Enable Focus Stealing under Wayland? (Gnome Shell 3.26, Ubuntu 17.10)

I've just switched over to Wayland from XOrg under Ubuntu 17.10. Say I'm in Nautilus and I click on a text-file. It used to be for me that I was automatically switched over to gedit (every time I ...
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"cat *" (read all output) Crashes Terminal and Gedit

This command: cat * > cat_all.txt successfully results in the file cat_all.txt, as expected. However, the text file will not open in Gedit. The behavior is mostly freezing, screen-darkening, ...
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Gedit frozen with invaluable information unsaved [duplicate]

My gedit got frozen for nothing while I wasn't using my computer and it seems to have problems with auto-save + stuff open from google drive via nautilus, so it saved nothing. But I simply can't lose ...
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Ubuntu freezes while watching mp4 file [duplicate]

I have a low-end laptop (Lenovo Ideapad 100s). Sometimes, when I watch a recording of my university lectures, the whole system freezes. I can't move my mouse or use my keyboard. The freeze lasts 20 ...
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gcc doesn't compile C How To Program 'create a random access file' tutorial

The tutorial on File Processing in C How To Program 6th Edition (Chapter 11 Fig. 11.11) creates a random access file sequentially. fwrite and fread are used in the code to create 100 blank records ...
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How to remove line breaks from large numbers? [duplicate]

I would like to be able to generate a large number of digits (for example, the first one million decimal digits of the Napier constant) and then save the number in a text file without any line breaks. ...
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Is there any way to add outline support to gedit to make it more usable for coding?

Geany for example has a sidebar with a "symbols" section showing functions and variables.
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Gnome shell cannot detect opened window for some system application

Assume I search firefox in gnome-shell and hit enter to open. But when I search firefox again and hit enter it will brought the firefox window to front because it's already opened. But this behavior ...
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Why do special characters change the width of trailing/leading space character in Gedit or medit?

When I paste a special character, from the Character Map, into Gedit or medit in Ubuntu 16.04, then the space characters directly after the special character display with a "compressed" character ...
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How do I start gedit in terminal? [closed]

I did a search for how to start gedit from the terminal. Answers were frustrating to say the least. Finally I happened on the idea of opening gedit with the system monitor on and look for new apps. ...
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gedit doesn't open in terminal nor by searching in applications

Since a time ago I'm not able to open files on gedit and it keeps crashing when I try to open it by clicking the program in the launcher or trying to open it in the terminal. When I try to open it in ...
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Tyring to open a file with gksu gedit

I'm trying to open the /etc/group file as root (to edit) but as soon as I type gksu gedit /etc/group It gives me Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or ...
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Windows Subsystem for Linux gedit error

I'm using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with VcXsrv windows manager (GUI) for Linux under Windows with Xfce4 from Xubuntu-Desktop and am getting this error message every time I start gedit: ** (...
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How do I find the default gedit color scheme xml files?

I know how to find new color schemes and alter them slightly to fit my liking. And I can make them slightly similar to the defaults. What I want to do, however, is change one of the defaults slightly....
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Intrusive frame around Gedit windows in VirtualBox seamless mode

I run Xubuntu 16.04 in VirtualBox on Windows and I mostly view it in seamless mode. It works well for most apps but when there is a Gedit window overlapping the desktop or windows running in Windows, ...
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I just upgraded to 17.10 from 17.04: library not found for gedit

After upgrading to 17.10 from 17.04 a couple of hours ago, I cannot use gedit, apparently because a library could not be found: tscale@tscale-mbp-ubuntu:~$ gedit gedit: /snap/meshlab-mardy/current/...
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How to change the path to the folder of the XML syntax files? (gedit)

Any clue about the variable to be changed in order for gedit to read XML files in another folder? Currently syntax files are in: /usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs I'd like gedit to read ...
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Can't open gnome-terminal, nautilus or gedit

I've had some problems after recent nvidia driver update to Ubuntu 17.10 (ubuntu on xorg) (Login loop after nvidia driver update) But I was able to fix the login loop by reinstalling nvidia drivers ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 Suspend on Laptop Lid Close?

I'm running Ubuntu 17.10 on an HP Revolve 810, and I'm having some trouble with getting the machine to go into Suspend when the lid is closed. I've tried doing some digging, found a command that ...
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gedit 3.18.3 accels in Xubuntu 16.04

I like to have the time/date entered with F5 and I'd like to try to make this work in gedit. I found some dox that say to edit a file .config/gedit/accels I've done this but the shortcuts don't work. ...
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How do I copy a text code from a PDF and paste into centos Virtual Machine Gedit

Im trying to copy this code from a pdf and paste it into VM Gedit: Why a simple Control C and Control V wont work!? Thanks for the help! records = LOAD '2013_subset.csv' USING PigStorage(',') AS (...
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When I type "gedit .bash_aliases" I get an empty page

I am new to Ubuntu and to Linux. When I type gedit .bash_aliases or gedit .bash_history it shows only a blank page. It doesn't write anything there. I wanted to add some aliases there and to see ...
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Executable Text File set to execute

So I downloaded AutoMouseClick because I need the software. I downloaded the zip file, extracted it and made sure that under my Preferences settings in File are set to "Ask Each Time" whenever I ...
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How can I edit apache settings file on 17.10? [duplicate]

I've installed 17.10 , php7 and apache2 via apt. I'm not able to edit the apache files to use an specific directory to use the files. I've tried sudo gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf but it returned: ...
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Using gedit using X forwarding on remote location

I have been using the following command to log in to a server : ssh user@servername -X To edit I usually use the gedit on server by typing : gedit filename This seemed to be working fine until ...
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Strange appearance of text/background in gedit

When I open my text editor and try to write there this is happening. What should I do?
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Gedit error : Failed to connect to Mir

When I try to open gedit on my localhost using sudo, I am getting the following error. But I am able to open with out root(sudo). Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No ...
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Configure Gedit to always open documents in new tab

Prior to updating to Ubuntu 17.04, opening new text documents always opened them in a new tab. But since updating, new text documents are always opening in a new window (even when a gedit window is ...
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gedit backround error, I can see through the window where it is supposed to be white

There is suddenly an annoying visual error when I use Gedit for Ubuntu 17.04. Normally when I open Gedit, it shows me the text of a file, or nothing, and when I write on my keyboard there are some ...
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Deleting history from ~/.bash_history

I have a couple questions about the terminal or command line history that is stored in ~/.bash_history. I can see the file in the terminal with the history command but if I try to open it with gedit ...
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Gedit is not working properly (image in question). Why?

When I open a text file this happens: If I scroll up or down this happens: Why? What should I do?
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Unable to search in gedit

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 on Lenovo X1 carbon 5th gen laptop. My system is fully up to date and the version of gedit is 3.18.3. From last week onwards I am unable to perform a search on gedit. When ctrl ...
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What is the keyboard shortcut for accessing the main (hamburger) menu in Gedit?

What is the keyboard shortcut or accelerator keys for opening gedit's primary menu (the menu that appears when the three-line button ☰ at the top left)? In older versions of the program, the key ...
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How do I check my gedit version? [duplicate]

I want to install some plugins for gedit, and I need to know my gedit version to install the correct plugins. How do I check it? Note: I'm running Ubuntu 16.04
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How can I know the encoding Gedit assumes for a given file?

It appears that there are at least two questions here on Ask Ubuntu that are similar to this, but neither has been answered. How can I find out the encoding method that gedit uses to open a text file?...
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How can an open file be reverted in the new Gedit?

What is the new equivalent of the revert command in the old Gedit File menu? The changes were done in another program. I want to quickly revert the changes done to the file from the disk to load the ...
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Where does gedit store the last cursor position?

When you open an existing text file in gedit, the cursor starts at the position it was at when you last closed the file. So gedit presumably needs to store a list of inodes and offsets. I'm curious ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu Software runs but does not install software nor show installed software following dconf reset -f /org/compiz/ and setsid unity

I was attempting to resolve a problem with Gedit, found suggestions on Menu bar missing in gedit". I executed the commands: dconf reset -f /org/compiz/ AND setsid unity Some time following this I ...
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Warning popping up in terminal window when Gedit is opened

(gedit:15131): WARNING: Could not load theme icon text-x-generic: Icon 'text-x-generic' not present in theme Adwaita This aforementioned warning sign pops up when I open the "gedit" text editor via ...
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Xubuntu/xfce Some .txt files won't open text editor

I have strange behaviour on my Xubuntu installation when opening text files from the File manager by double click. Many text files with the extension .txt from a SMB share do not react on a double ...
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