Re: gedit flaw need to be addressed
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 16:29 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:16:01 -0500, John W Foster wrote:
>
> > I've used gedit as my quick editor for some time on my Debian 'stable'
> > production server. Primarily for a quick revising of mediawiki articles.
> > I use the find and replace feature a LOT! Recently after some upgrades
> > that feature does not work properly. i.e. if I click on the drop down
> > arrow in the find and replace window...it crashes the application.
>
> Find and replace is a very much used function, it is a bit strange that
> nobody noticed this error :-?
>
> Does it happen with all kind of files (plain text, html, etc...)?
It happens every time I click the dropdown arrow on the cache of saved
previously searched for words. It does NOT happen if I click on the
dropdown arrow of the previously saved cache of replacement words.
> Does it happen even if no highlight selected?
yes
>
> > I can type in a word or highlight one, then finish the operation with no
> > issue. However I really need the drop down because it allows me to
> > select from a menu of previously searched for words. Any ideas are
> > appreciated. I havent filed a bug report, but perhaps I should if others
> > have noticed a similar issue.
>
> Some tips:
>
> - Try get to get a trace for the error (launch gedit from command line,
> reproduce the crash and hope something goes to the console).
>
> - I would also try to reproduce the crash from another user account, that
> is, by login with a fresh new user to see if the error can be still
> reproduced from there.
I will give these a try.
Thanks
>
> Greetings,
>
> --
> Camaleón
>
>
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