Upstream closed the request now seems something they are not interested doing
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194904 Title: Text editor default save directory should be ~/Documents To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/194904/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs