Bug#401015: gedit: please put the cursor at first column and row on opening a document

[Tshepang Lekhonkhobe]

On 12/1/06, Sven Arvidsson <sa at whiz.se> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 10:11 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > If I've previously opened a specific file and closed it while the
> > cursor was at a specific location, gedit attempts to get to that
> > position when opening that file again. Unfortunately this behaviour
> > cause a bug in which, when one opens a different file, the cursor
> > would run away to some irrelevant position.
>
> Hi,
>
> Can you describe the bug that happens when you open a different file?

I don't understand this question, especially since I mentioned that
this behaviour becomes an issue when one opens a different file.

> As for this feature in general, it can be turned of using gconf-editor.
> See /apps/gedit-2/preferences/editor/cursor_position/restore_cursor_position

I think that option should be default.