I experienced this behavior earlier when editing HTML files. I can reproduce the behavior when opening the provided osm.html file and adding <a href=" to line 105. To reproduce:
- Open a gedit window - Copy the source code into the editor - Enable HTML syntax coloring - Scroll to line 105 - Add <a href=" After typing the ", gedit starts eating all the available RAM and causes my machine to start swapping. I tried to get a backtrace by using gdb, but I was not successful (it said "no stack" when I entered "backtrace full", and I'm not familiarized with the gdb). Used packages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ] dpkg -l | grep gedit ii gedit 2.19.91-0ubuntu1 official text editor of the GNOME desktop en ii gedit-common 2.19.91-0ubuntu1 official text editor of the GNOME desktop en ii gedit-dbgsym 2.19.91-0ubuntu1 debug symbols for package gedit -- gedit crashes when writing <a href=" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135702 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