"Untitle Document" opens when opening a document using `gksu[do] gedit /path/to/file"`.

[Derek White]

$ gedit # opens untitled document
$ gedit /path/to/file # opens file
$ sudo gedit /path/to/file # opens file
$ gksu gedit /path/to/file # opens file & untitled document
$ gksudo gedit /path/to/file # opens file & untitled document

The "Untitled Document" should only be opened when no file is provided, according to `man gedit`.

Additionally, when "Untitled Document" is opened unexpectedly via gksu[do], its tab icon is shown as the rotating "loading" icon. Occasionally the icon will stop "spinning", when the tab is focused/un-focused it will continue spinning, until it freezes again. On the other had, when I expect "Untitled Document" to be opened (e.g. `gedit`), its tab icon is the proper "plain-text" icon.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gedit 3.2.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 880f1cef728a67d1a58407cc143447d4
CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2
Date: Sun Nov 13 21:07:37 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-04 (9 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[John Goold (jrgpublic)]

This happens without having to run as root. I expect it affects thousands of people, not the handful that have logged in here and clicked the link.

I've just switched to the latest Ubuntu from Mac OS X "Lion":
    Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric)
    Gnome 2.32.1
    Kernel 3.0.0-16-generic

gedit reports its release (under Help->About): 3.2.3

I regularly apply ALL updates to my machine.

While the editor is functional (so far, it's the closest I can find to BBEdit -- I had the paid-for version), those extra tabs are incredibly annoying (especially if they mean gedit is consuming extra resources).

[[e-mail] (andrew-drup)]

When opening gedit from dolphin you can fix this annoying problem by modifying the line that lauches the program. Change:
gedit %U
into:
gedit %U < /dev/null

A similar fix for launching from the command line is discussed here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2029114