Question

So i have never really had issues with the File Browser Plugin before but since updating to Ubuntu 11.10, the version of gEdit i have is version 3.2.1. In this plugin I have bookmarks set up for an ssh session.

After connecting to the remote host in the File Browser Plugin, if I try to open a directory that contains more than 100 files, gedit becomes unresponsive and what used to be a 10-15 second operation now is a 3-5 minute operation to be able to access those files. It only seems to be a problem when accessing remote directories. Any local directories open instantly.

Has something changed with the new gEdit, or the File Browser Plugin, or both? Also is there any way to resolve this issue?

There must be some kind of complex indexing which is causing the longer delay. And I would not be surprised if the new GTK3 Toolkit had something to do with this. But does anyone know why this is happening?

Answer 1

I just installed the latest version of Ubuntu 12.04. It comes preinstalled with gEdit 3.4.1. Now the File Browser Plugin is very responsive and loads 100s of files in just seconds. Good Work Shuttleworth.