gedit snippet not working on new system

[Wade Smart]

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On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 7:22 AM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 7:12 AM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 06:53:54 -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>>>I have these snippets Ive used for years now.
>>>This one is not working.
>>>
>>>tab+t = $(date + "%H%M ")
>>>simply puts in the time for me and the other
>>>
>>>tab+q = [QUOTE] $0 [/QUOTE]
>>>is for quotes.
>>>
>>>I tried creating a new snippet.
>>>I tried importing the one that works from my laptop.
>>>I just copied over the xml file.
>>>Still doesnt work.
>>>
>>>When you hit tab+t, you see the t on screen and then the
>>>tab backspaces over it. No time is seen.
>>
>> You should mention what Ubuntu (flavour) release you are using and what
>> version of gedit. From what release or upgrade on it stopped working?
>>
>> Btw. I'm too stupid to understand
>> https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/Plugins/Snippets or how you add those
>> snippets. I'm not a gedit user at all, but for testing purpose I run
>> it, checked the snippets plugin and tried to add a snippet without
>> success.
>>
>> I'm currently not booted into my Ubuntu install, so I tested with
>>
>> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ gedit -V
>> gedit - Version 3.28.1
>> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ lsb_release -a
>> LSB Version:    1.4
>> Distributor ID: Arch
>> Description:    Arch Linux
>> Release:        rolling
>> Codename:       n/a
>>
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> Ubuntu 18.04 on machines.
> Upgraded from 16.04 on the laptop some time ago - snippets work fine.
> Fresh install of 18.04 on desktop - this one snippet will not work.
>
> Version 3.28.1 on both machines.

Well - this might be specifically a gedit thing.

On my laptop where it is running I noticed that when you click on
the menu there is no option to manage snippets. There is also no
Preferences menu either. But the snippets do work. On the other
system both menu Preferences and menu > Manage Snippets are
present.