I can confirm this is the case, however I think the bug should be low priority due to the fact that the impact isn't extremely serious, and it's a relatively niche case to have gedit in your Startup Apps. This may be a general problem though. I wonder are there any more similar cases where documents should open in existing windows but don't?
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/784574 Title: gedit instance not used by nautilus when auto-started -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs