[Novalug] how to control 'gedit'.

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 11:33 -0500, Nino Pereira wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My favorite editor is 'gedit' (under debian). I used to be able
> to make the window the right size, by dragging the edges to where
> I want them to be.  Some change I made, perhaps a reboot, modified
> this behavior so that I now get a window that covers the entire
> monitor: whenever I need information from another (terminal) window,
> this goes on top of the 'gedit' window, but when I continue editing,
> the terminal window disappears.
> 
> I can't figure out how to get back to a gedit window that can be
> changed, as it used to be. I didn't see anything in 'preferences'
> that seemed relevant, but I may have overlooked something.
> 
> I tried to find a '.conf' file.  In .gnome-2/gedit-2 I find
> 
> [window]
> height=885
> width=1280
> state=4
> 
> So, this obviously sets the window to what the screen can see.
> 
> I change 'width' to what I think I want (100), while I'm
> editing a file. Nothing happens. So, I get out, and get this error:
> 
> Unmatched element: citerefentry
> Unmatched element: refentrytitle
> Unmatched element: citerefentry
> Unmatched element: refentrytitle
> 
> Understandable: gedit doesn't read the change dynamically,
> and when it's getting out it's getting confused by the change. I check,
> and indeed, the window is set back to what it was (1280).
> So, I change it again, and get back into gedit. I get the wide window.
> 
> What do I have to do to make the window size
> draggable (? is this a word?), like it used to be?

I'm betting that state=4 in your file, a maximized window.  Load gedit,
unmaximize the window with Alt+F5, drag to the desired size, and exit.

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