Thanks for your report, If you open a file with gedit with or without desktop effects gedit will open it inside the same window, if you want to open it in a new one you can use it from the command line with "gedit --new-window file", is not a bug rather a design decision.
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- [gutsy/compiz]Gedit not making new window on desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152307 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs