My testing in comment 2 was with the precise LTS Ubuntu Studio release. Testing with a recent quantal daily Desktop live-cd produces similar results, except that the untitled document is always unmodified when shown.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1015370 Title: when opening a file using gedit, an unwanted blank document tab also opens Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When I close the redundant blank window, it asks me to save. I've never made any changes to the window, so there's nothing to save. The extra tab should not have been created. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gedit 3.2.3-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-21.35-generic 3.0.32 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jun 19 19:42:02 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-05-09 (41 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1015370/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp