gedit moves to random position after loading file

mattmatteh · Guru Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 449 Location: near chicago

anyone notice that gedit moves to a random position in the file after loading? i use gedit alot for coding and debuggin and expect the cursor would be at the top. but no i have to wait a few extra seconds for a file to load (large file) and then it jumps to somewhere in the file. wasnt sure if anyone noticed this. and i was thinking about filing a bug on it.

matt

Da Fox · Guru Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 341

Are you sure it is a 'random' position?
I think that is moves to the position you were when last editing that file, and it's actually pretty handy. Don't know if you can turn it off though

(evince does this also)
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mattmatteh · Guru Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 449 Location: near chicago

it seems random. might be the position since last time i used it. some of the files i use are large and having to wait longer to load and then wonder where i left is really annoying. might i ask how it could be handy if its supposed to do that ?

might need to find another text editor

matt