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KitchM

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Registered: 2009-08-15

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Gedit (Text Editor) Will Not Start

I find it odd that gedit will no longer start when I wish to open a file in it.  It just sets there for a long time before timing out.  Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.  It starts fine when selecting it from the menu.

Debian 10 with Xfce 4.12 and Gedit 3.30.2.

Last edited by KitchM (2020-06-25 16:42:39)

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 531

Re: Gedit (Text Editor) Will Not Start

Try calling it in a terminal to see if there are any errors. Use a file that you know the problem occurred with.

gedit /path/to/file

Is there a reason you use gedit as opposed to mousepad, which is the stock xfce editor?

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KitchM

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Re: Gedit (Text Editor) Will Not Start

/bin$ gedit ./sh

(gedit:4731): dconf-WARNING **: 13:50:04.746: Unable to open dconf/profile/user: Not a directory

After a long wait, it finally opened and showed the content with strange characters.  So it is working that way.

Mousepad gave this:
bin$ mousepad ./sh

(mousepad:4746): dconf-WARNING **: 13:52:47.828: Unable to open dconf/profile/user: Not a directory

(mousepad:4746): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 13:52:47.900: gtk_recent_manager_lookup_item: assertion 'GTK_IS_RECENT_MANAGER (manager)' failed

(mousepad:4746): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:52:54.282: Theme parsing error: <data>:2:29: The style property GtkButton:default-border is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(mousepad:4746): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:52:54.282: Theme parsing error: <data>:3:37: The style property GtkButton:default-outside-border is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(mousepad:4746): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:52:54.282: Theme parsing error: <data>:4:27: The style property GtkButton:inner-border is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(mousepad:4746): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:52:54.282: Theme parsing error: <data>:5:31: The style property GtkWidget:focus-line-width is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(mousepad:4746): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:52:54.282: Theme parsing error: <data>:6:28: The style property GtkWidget:focus-padding is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

It opened with error and blank window.

This is not what one uses to edit misc. system files.

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

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Re: Gedit (Text Editor) Will Not Start

OK, I didn't catch what you were trying to open there but sh is binary. You would need a hex editor to look at it(I think).  Also, on my system it's a link.

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KitchM

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 304

Re: Gedit (Text Editor) Will Not Start

You are correct.  I'm more interested in just having one editor that does it all.

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 531

Re: Gedit (Text Editor) Will Not Start

Then Gedit isn't the answer. It's still just a text editor. It will not open a binary for viewing.

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Siduction
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