When I ran the command I got an untitled document 1 - gedit pop up (blank), and in the Terminal:
HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo gedit
[sudo] password for ruth:
(gedit:4901): dconf-WARNING **: 14:19:15.092: failed to commit changes to dconf: Failed to execute child process “dbus-launch” (No such file or directory)
(gedit:4901): dconf-WARNING **: 14:19:15.123: failed to commit changes to dconf: Failed to execute child process “dbus-launch” (No such file or directory)
@Aravisian - I'm afraid I've misunderstood something important.