I'm unable to insert date/time in gedit

[John Vivirito]

steps to reproduce.
1. Open a file in gedit
2. Edit file
3. go to edit -> insert date and time
4. Nothing happens

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gedit 3.2.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-2.3-generic-pae 3.1.0
Uname: Linux 3.1.0-2-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.24-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 2 21:17:58 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110919)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Haitao Li (lht)]

I am having the same issue.

Found a workaround: changing the "Insert date/time" plugin preference to something else, and revert back, then insert date/time works as expected, even with a newly started gedit.

To change the plugin preference:
Menu Edit -> Preference -> plugins tab -> select insert date/time -> click preference button.

[Angelo Sorte (angelosorte)]

Yeah, nothing happens..... to be precise, when I go to edit -> insert date and time it inserts 2 spaces

[Angelo Sorte (angelosorte)]

Yeah, it happens to me too Haitao Li ...

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

The work around works here as well

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[Haitao Li (lht)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #840765, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.