This is not a bug in gedit -- shutdown simply doesn't give any application the possibility to save data - this is imho a bug though
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- Cannot save file once shutdown commnced if in different dektop https://launchpad.net/bugs/54832 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs