mousepad geometry

[Kevin Chadwick]

On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:12:16 -0700
Ray Andrews <rayandrews at eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Mousepad seems to remember the last size quite well too :-) And it
> opens files as root without demanding sudo even though you are root,
> as does gedit.  That is such a PITA.

PITA, it's pure dumb.

You shouldn't even run vi under sudo, hence sudoedit to prevent
escapes. Having said that running gui programs with root priviledges is
dangerous and I assume you are only doing so under controlled
conditions.