Bug#280564: gedit should open a new pad when an additional
instance is spawned
Adam Lydick
Adam Lydick <lydickaw@ruffledpenguin.org>, 280564@bugs.debian.org
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:17:35 -0800
Package: gedit
Version: 2.6.2-1
Severity: normal
When opening an additional instance of gedit, the existing instance is
given focus, but the last-selected tab is selected. This is somewhat
confusing -- if a user attempted to open an instance of gedit, they
likely wanted to edit a *new* file. Gedit should provide consistent
behavior regardless of the current instance being the singleton or a
duplicate.
Repro:
* Open GEdit and enter some text into the default page.
* Launch a new instance of GEdit.
* The original instance (and the original page) will gain focus.
Expected behavior:
* An additional tab should have been created and given focus.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages gedit depends on:
ii gedit-common 2.6.2-1 light-weight text editor support f
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libaspell15 0.50.5-3 The GNU Aspell spell-checker runti
ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-5 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.6.2-7 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.6.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libeel2-2 2.6.2-1 Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii libgail-common 1.6.6b-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgail17 1.6.6b-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgconf2-4 2.6.4-2 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.0-1 Library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.7-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.6.1.2-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.6.1.1-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.6.2-3 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii libgnomeprintui2.2-0 2.6.2-1 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture U
ii libgnomeui-0 2.6.1.1cvs-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.6.2-2 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.13-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgtksourceview1.0-0 1.0.1-2 Shared libraries for the GTK+ synt
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.4.1-4 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System Session Management
ii libxml2 2.6.11-3 GNOME XML library
ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-9.1 A free electronic cataloging syste
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-1 compression library - runtime
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