In the version of gedit supplied with z18 (46.2) I can't find a way to restore my previous session after gedit is closed. There used to be a plugin that did this, but that doesn't work any more.
Alternatively, can anyone suggest an alternative text editor, ideally I'm looking for something like notepad++ in windows. Installing that with wine I found too janky (wine file explorer especially) and too slow to load.
I was using notepadqq, but that's no longer under active development and doesn't work in z18. I've looked at Notepad Next previously, but that's still very beta and has a number of missing features (such as no dark mode for the editor).
I used notepad(++/qq) a bit like a notes app and will paste in info I'm using temporarily into a new tab, not save it, and then it's still there after closing. I'll then delete the tabs once I no longer need the info. I also keep various config files permanently open)
Gedit would definitely work for me, if only I could preserve the session, including unsaved files.
I have had a good search around for an answer elsewhere but couldn't find anything conclusive. Also I'm not quite sure how the distribution supplied version differs from the flatpak (apt is 46.2 and flatpak is 48.1.1). I did try installing the flatpak but couldn't find a way to get the feature to work there either.
Anyone know if there's a way to get this to work in gedit?
I did look at that one, and it was already installed. Problem with it is that it requires specific actions to both save the session and to recover the session. I'm unlikely to remember to save the session every time the app is closed and restoring the session is somewhat cumbersome too: 3 menu clicks.
I think for this to work for me it all needs to be automatic.
I tried gnome-text-editor and it restores the last session by default when the texteditor is started (in settings this function is enabled by default). Maybe that could be something for you.
Only to be sure here: You have installed Gedit, yes? Because by default it isn't preinstalled. By default preinstalled is the Gnome Text Editor but this isn't Gedit. It is a different Program.
To Name some Alternatives: KWrite, Kate, Notpad Next.
That was it! Not sure how I came to have both installed. I was aware that Gnome Text Editor was a fork of gedit, but couldn't find it in Software, which I now realise is because it appeared quite far down the list when you search for 'Text Editor' so I didn't notice it.