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[jdaviescoates <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also find it to be very annoying that a new instance of gedit is
opened whenever I open another file by double clicking or right clicking
on it. I want all text files to open in the same instance.

Clearly some people an instance per file though eg.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=845906 although as someone
pointed out above you can do that by right-clicking on the tab within an
existing option.

The obvious solution is for there to be a simple configurable option:
open all text files in one instance yes/ no.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/777292

Title:
  Gedit not single instance when started from unity

Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gedit

  Normally, gedit is a single instance application, meaning that it is
  started only once, and subsequent invocations are merged into the
  already running instance.

  When starting gedit from unity (either via dash, or via Alt+F2) and
  later from somewhere else (I tested opening a file in nautilus,
  opening a file from the archive manager, and running from the command
  line), gedit is started a second time.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.04
  Release:	11.04

  $ apt-cache policy gedit
  gedit:
    Installed: 2.30.4-2ubuntu1
    Candidate: 2.30.4-2ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 2.30.4-2ubuntu1 0
          500 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ natty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  $ apt-cache policy unity
  unity:
    Installed: 3.8.12-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 3.8.12-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 3.8.12-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       3.8.10-0ubuntu2 0
          500 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ natty/main amd64 Packages

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