I think you're blaming the wrong component... I'm having the same issue with embedded terminal.
Try to reproduce it: 1) Start gedit, disable all plugins and close 2) Start system monitor 3) Start gedit and check CPU/mem stat (0% 10.2MB) 4) Enable the terminal plugin It suddenly jumps to 15% CPU! Igor Gomes -- gedit hangs on activating character map plugin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348498 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit-plugins in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs