Gedit may offer "Close without saving" despite document having been saved

[Jon Loldrup]

In Gedit:

 1. When editing a document,
 2. renaming the folder in which it resides,
 3. trying to save the document by clicking "Save" on the toolbar,
 4. getting an error saying the file cannot be found,
 5. saving the document at its new directory by choosing the "File" menu -> "Save as...", and
 6. then trying to close Gedit,

one still gets a warning that the document cannot be saved, and, gedit asks if I want to save the document.

 7. Clicking "Save",
 8. nothing happens (and Gedit doesn't close).

This leaves me with the option to cancel or to close without saving. If I want to close Gedit, I have to choose the latter (Close without saving). This is where the issue arises: I am forced to click on a button that communicates that the document has not/will not be saved, while it has indeed been saved perfectly in its new place.

[Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount)]

I believe this is a bug rather than a papercut. The definition of a papercut has two key points:

 - A papercut must be a usability bug that is encountered by an average user regularly during their day-to-day computing habits ie browsing the web, checking email, IMing, etc.
- It should be fixable by one developer in one day.

This bug does not fulfil either of these criteria in my opinion, so I am marking it as invalid. I have however encountered this bug myself and would gladly back you up if you reported it as a bug in Gedit (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit).

[Jon Loldrup (loldrup)]

On 27 November 2010 01:42, Chris Wilson <email address hidden> wrote:

> I believe this is a bug rather than a papercut. The definition of a
> papercut has two key points:
>
> - A papercut must be a usability bug that is encountered by an average
> user regularly during their day-to-day computing habits ie browsing the web,
> checking email, IMing, etc.
> - It should be fixable by one developer in one day.
>
> This bug does not fulfil either of these criteria in my opinion, so I am
> marking it as invalid. I have however encountered this bug myself and
> would gladly back you up if you reported it as a bug in Gedit
> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit).

As far as I can see it has already been marked as affecting gedit:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/646754

Jon