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Bionic-Pup-64
I had gedit-dev_3.28.1 from PPM. I was trying to install plugins; they didn't work; I noticed a plugin, which probably was there to begin with, but I thought that maybe it's one of the once I tried to install ― which was called something like "quick open", and the description said something like "opens files quickly". I enabled it; closed Gedit, tried to reopen it - which fails ever since. I uninstalled and reinstalled, and even uninstalled the dependencies; but it's the same. Also - after uninstalling everything ― I searched for "gedit" in Pfind ― and there are plenty of folders with than name.
So probably - I need to somehow completely remove every trace of it. How to do that? Or - can you recreate the problem, and solve it in another way?

Do a search with Pfind.
Right click on a listed item.
Select delete.

I do not know how your save is setup to do writes.
But it could be only writes at certain times.
Try a reboot making sure to save.
Do Pfind search and see what still shows.

Why are you using Gedit?
That is a text editor written to run in Gnome environment.
I just checked PPM.
It needs 23 added dependencies to install.
Total 47MB to run a simple text editor.

Is their something specific, a text editor already in Bionicpup, will not do?

@bigpup - it's actually been years - that I couldn't find one which will work for my needs. The biggest problem was always - RTL(right-to-left) capability. Geany for instance ― doesn't even open files with lines which start from the right ― starting from the right. RTL - is a big problem apparently. A few more capabilities I need are: dark background, starting with previously used tabs.
A few more examples of programs: LibreOffice ― is extremely heavy and slow; Yudit(that is always mentioned - as if it's suppose to work with Hebrew) - is just... bad in every way!

I actually solved the RTL problem - for text-editors which support it in general ― with the RTL mark, with the shortcut: So if you have some light text-editors to recommend, with my need ― that may be better than Gedit. Here's a list of those which support RTL - https://worddisk.com/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors/ search for "Right-to-left and bidirectional text".

As long as you have the space, who cares how big a program is if it's what you need?

@Semme - well, frankly I prefer a small stand-alone and lightweight program. I just didn't try many yet. There are alot to pick from, and they should be reliable as well. Difficult task.

Don't forget about the configuration and data files left in root's home directory. These you wanna flush.

@Semme - I got rid of everything with the word "Gedit"; don't know if it would work now ― because I won't continue with it.

I started to use CherryTree, and it's amazing! So I'll probably stick with that.

Thanks

Thank goodness!

@Semme - thank Google. Not really; some other deus ex machina unfoldment of circumstances.

Then please, provide some feedback why an RTL user would find Cherrytree favorable over others you've used..

@Semme - not much in this particular issue. In fact there's a bit of a problem with that ― Ctrl+Z - doesn't differentiate between words in Hebrew, and deletes the whole line. I wrote to the author.
But I don't use Hebrew much now anyway.

So maybe Gedit is preferred when it comes to RTL functionality?

Since starting to study Arabic and also having to process it in scripts, etc., I keep trying out new text editors as I encounter them. However, and I'm clearly very opinionated here, Gedit beats them all. Hands-down. With most text editors something isn't just quite right, but with Gedit everything just works the way you'd expect it to. One small gripe is the new auto-disappearing scrollbar, which of course covers the first one or two Arabic letters in line of text starting on the right. On the command line, I use vim alternating between :set rl/:set norl as described above.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/227240

@Semme - no, the same. I need to make the RTL or LTR marks myself. Other than the Ctrl+Z thing; but it's possible to use Ctrl+Backspace, most of the time.
As for the rest ― it's like swapping your Subaru for the spaceship from Flight of the Navigator. I think this is the best way to put it.
Cheers