mousepad geometry

[Ray Andrews]

On 03/11/12 02:17 PM, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> 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.
Sure.  When setting up a new distro (Salix right now) there are things 
that root needs to do, and sometimes it's just faster under the GUI.  I 
know it's said to be dangerous, so I keep it to a minimum, and so far I 
haven't had any trouble.