Bug#280564: acknowledged by developer (Re: gedit should open a new pad when an additional instance is spawned)

[Loïc Minier]

reopen 280564
retitle 280564 Please add a way to change the default behavior of gedit to --new-window or --new-document
severity 280564 wishlist
thanks

        Hi,

Adam Lydick <lydickaw@ruffledpenguin.org> - Thu, Jan 20, 2005:

> [reopening with a more clear argument. if you feel strongly about it,
> you can go ahead and close this again, and I can pester upstream
> instead ;)]

 I would prefer that you discuss this with upstream, since I'm not the
 person to convince on the features to add in gedit.  I reopened the bug
 though, until we discuss this (use "reopen $bugid" in a mail to
 control@bugs.debian.org to reopen a bug).

 I tested what can be edited in the GNOME menu, sadly the current menu
 system in GNOME 2.8 is broken and has a lot of bugs, and I came across
 one of them: editing the "preferences" of the menu entry will make the
 menu entry disappear!

 The menu system was rewritten in 2.9, and a new system will be made
 available for GNOME 2.10, so I won't chase that bug.

 The new system doesn't deal with user menus right now, so don't count
 on it right now, but upstream now they've got to do this.

> Are you suggesting that bringing the existing instance to the foregroun=
d
> without opening a new pad is a good default behavior when "gedit" is
> chosen from the gnome menu?

 I don't know.

> Could you add the appropriate flags to the .desktop for the gnome menu?
> (Or explain why the existing behavior is better?)

 I can try to ask upstream, but I think the default behavior should be
 configurable.

   Regards,

-- 
Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
"Neutral President: I have no strong feelings one way or the other."