[..] > > I don't know if it can help but one day, my gedit was extremely slow. > > After some investigates, it was due to GPG plugin of gedit. > > > > It was loading all my keys before opening the file if I correctly > > remember. > This could be it! > And how did you deactivate this behaviour? This was it, indeed! I disabled the plugin in the Preferences, and now, it starts almost immediately. Thanks > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > Martin