You can launch gedit at the command line and add the file name at the same time. This will open up to the new file and not have untitled document. Randy ac7nj <div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 28, 2015 9:47 PM, "rikona" <<a href="mailto:rikona@sonic.net">rikona@sonic.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I've gotten quite irritated with Gedit - every edit generates a tab with "untitled document 1" that has to be dealt with on closing. How can I keep gedit from ever coming up with "untitled document 1" unless I tell it to. Net searching did not offer clues, but maybe I asked the wrong thing... Thanks, rikona -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>