I have 2 issues that I hope that someone helps me with, regarding Gedit text editor that comes with Zorin Lite 17.
The recent open file list has 3 lines for each file:
file name
file location
blank line
How do I get rid of the location and blank lines?
And how do I make it display 10 or more recent files instead of 5, if at all possible please?
Apparently, this used to be possible by editing the configuration through dconf-editor, but that is no longer the case.
Instead, what I'd suggest is using the plugin "Quick Open". This plugin comes already installed (at least in Zorin OS Core), all you have to do is enable it through the preferences menu:
This will create a new entry in the preferences menu to open files:
That contains a much larger list, which you can resize and scroll normally:
My personal recommendation is to get used to searching by typing the name of the file. This is available already on the default popup to open recent files, and what's not so obvious is that you can start typing the name of a recent file and it will find it.
For example, see in my previous screenshot you can see that there's a file called "config.json", but that doesn't show up in the recent files popup:
However, when I start typing that it filters the list of recent files and finds it right away:
I'd suggest getting used to work with the keyboard as much as possible. So, would press Alt+O to open that recent files popup, type the name of the file (partially, even), select it using the arrow keys and press Enter. Your hands don't leave the keyboard at all.
WOW! many thanks for your detailed reply and great tips. You are so generous even with tutorials. Thanks so so much indeed.
