gedit lately suddenly started to open new files in new windows and it is really frustrating to me. I searched graphical preferences, preferences listed by How to change gedit preferences from terminal? and I also tried to uninstall gedit, remove all gedit files/folders in $HOME and reinstall gedit back, but nothing of that didn't help.
Ubuntu – How to reset gedit preferences
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On 11.10 defaults.list is under /etc/gnome/defaults.list
- Open
defaults.listusing any text editor. - Replace
text/plain=gedit.desktopwithtext/plain=gvim.desktop - Save and close.
Right click on any text file and you will see like this:-
It works for me :)
I had the same problem (using Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, after the Windows 10 creators update), and it went away after I installed:
sudo apt-get install dconf-editor dbus-x11
Best Answer
Gedit settings are saved in GSettings or DConf, so you can reset them with the following command: