I've also began experiencing this problem (100% of CPU consumed), though it is from startup and not necessarily to do with paragraph length.
However I've noticed that if I run 'sudo gedit' rather than from my usual username, it is fine. This has happened fairly randomly (no updates applied) -- Gedit uses 100% of the CPU while editing files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367372 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
