Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gedit
If a text file is open in gedit, and that text file has been altered by
another program (e.g. a search and replace program), then gedit can load
the new content, or keep the current content. In both ways some
valueable changes to the text could be thrown away. So I decided to save
the content of the gedit editor to a new file, so I can compare them
with a diff program like kdiff3. But saving in such a situation is not
possible, and no error messages is shown either.
Test:
1. Create a text file with some text, close gedit.
2. Open the text file with gedit, leave it as it is, or make some changes.
3. Open the same text file with another program (mc, mousepad, etc.), and make
some changes in it and save it.
4. Select the gedit window, a yellow bar is shown that something has chanched.
5. Try to save the content of gedit to a new file with different name or the
same name in a other folder, or create in the "save as.." box a new folder and
save it there.
6. See if you can find the just saved file. It's nowhere!
kind regards,
jdo
** Affects: gedit (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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gedit does not save to a new file if other program changed the file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112575
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