Honestly, from your description, it sounds like a file permissions issue.
Do an 'ls -l' on the file and see who it belongs to.
Output should look something like this:
-rw-r--r-- 1 gandalf gandalf 1359 Jul 29 21:18 slack
If your username isn't shown in the first owner's field, change
ownership to you using the 'chown' command.
Hopefully you can make some progress with this.
On 9/22/19 1:28 AM, Jeff Smith wrote:
Hello There,
Running Ubuntu 19.04 I wanted to install an alternative simple text file editor. Using the "Ubuntu Software" app I chose two text file editors to install. Gedit v3.32.0 and Notepad3. Both seemed to install fine. Upon trying
to open a text file in Gedit I am told "You do not have permissions necessary
to open the file." Even though I created the file and have full read/write permissions for the file. The same response is given regardless of what existing text file is opened with Gedit. The original/default text file
editor
opened the same text file(s) fine.
Now... If that wasn't odd enough I also installed Notepad3 using the same "Ubuntu Software" app. Upon trying to open the same text file I am presented with the error:
"Error loading z:\home\jeffs\Documents\rules.txt Access Denied".
Looks like Notepad3 thinks it's a Windows app. Notepad3 opens up fine but it can't open files presumably because it is expecting a Windows filesystem. If that is the case then why is it being offered as a Linux editor via the "Ubuntu Software" app?
Jeff
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