=== modified file 'data/templates/ubuntu-application/internal/quicklyutils.py'
--- data/templates/ubuntu-application/internal/quicklyutils.py	2012-03-06 16:21:10 +0000
+++ data/templates/ubuntu-application/internal/quicklyutils.py	2012-03-08 16:53:42 +0000
@@ -228,9 +228,13 @@
     # gedit.  This makes it difficult to tell when user is done editing (how
     # to detect that vs nano opening and closing without the user saving it?).
     editor = get_quickly_editors()
+    if editor == 'gedit':
+        cmd = [editor, '--standalone', depfile_name]
+    else:
+        cmd = [editor, depfile_name]
     subenv = dict(os.environ)
     subenv['TMPDIR'] = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-    subprocess.call([editor, depfile_name], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env=subenv)
+    subprocess.call(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env=subenv)
     os.rmdir(subenv['TMPDIR'])
 
     # Grab file contents