gedit snippet not working on new system

[Wade Smart]

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On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 8:34 AM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 08:06:25 -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>>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.
>
> On my non-Ubuntu (Arch Linux) install the same version of gedit as
> yours has got no menu bar, but the titel bar that does need as much
> space as e.g. pluma's title bar + the menu bar. Here gedit has got a
> burger menu, it provides 'Preferences' as well as 'Manage Snippets...',
> if 'Preferences > Plugins > Snippets' is checked.
>
> If you would advise me how to add one of your snippets, I could test,
> if it works for gedit 3.28.1 on Arch Linux. This at least is useful to
> evaluate, if the culprit is the Ubuntu package and/or your settings, or
> if it's more likely an upstream bug.

I have the same setup as you do, burger menu > just no preferences or
manage snippets. And no, nothing special for permissions.

And, I fixed it.
$(date +"%H%M ")

There can be no space between + and " and must
be a space after the M before ". Ive never noticed
that in the past but.. whatever .. its working.

(really thinking about reinstalling 16.04 and just sticking
with it because its stable all round)