I don't think this is limited to having gedit in startup applications. To reproduce this bug, all I need to do (in a Unity desktop): 1. Open gedit from the terminal, unity search, or a unity launch desktop shortcut, and 2. Open a text document through nautilus.
Nautilus will open a second instance and all documents opened through nautilus load in that instance. Repeatedly calling gedit edit from terminal, using alt-f2, etc all re-activate the "unity instance." -- 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
