upstream stated it's not a bug but a feature you can change the behaviour with: $ gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor ensure-trailing-newline false
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1122424 Title: gedit saves 1 byte to much To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/1122424/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs