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[Doug McMahon <880038@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 796076 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/796076

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 838404
   opening existing file with gksu gedit creates untitled document
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 796076
   When run as root [gksudo gedit <whatever>]  gedit  tries to open a 2nd  'untitled document 1'

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Title:
  gedit opens unnecessary blank document when used to open a file as
  root

Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On a fully updated Precise i386 system (obtained by replacing oneiric
  with precise in sources.list, dist-upgrading, and rebooting) with
  gedit 3.2.1-0ubuntu1, I created a test file and opened it in gedit:

  ek@Gnar:~$ echo test > foo
  ek@Gnar:~$ gedit foo

  This behaved exactly as expected. Then I quit gedit and opened the
  file in gedit as root:

  ek@Gnar:~$ gksu gedit foo

  This opened the file, but opened a new untitled document as well, as
  shown in the attached screenshot.

  This also happens on Oneiric (same gedit version, test machine amd64).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: gedit 3.2.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-1.1-generic 3.1.0-rc10
  Uname: Linux 3.1.0-1-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.24-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Oct 22 13:51:01 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gedit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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