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In previous versions of Ubuntu, gedit had a wordwrap option available in the menu option Edit -> Preferences -> View -> Enable text wrapping.

screenshot of gedit preferences in Ubuntu 13.04

But in Ubuntu 13.10, I don't see a Preferences menu anymore. How do I toggle word wrapping?

screenshot of gedit in Ubuntu 13.10

Stéphane
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  • Are http://askubuntu.com/questions/375049/where-are-gedits-preferences or http://askubuntu.com/a/364140/25656 related? –  Dec 27 '13 at 03:18
  • Might be related. Like that person, my "edit" menu ends at "Insert Date and Time" as I posted in the screenshot. Where did the Preferences menu item go? – Stéphane Dec 27 '13 at 03:53
  • Did you remove indicator-appmenus? If you did then see if http://askubuntu.com/a/364763/25656 helps. –  Dec 27 '13 at 05:15

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Oh, that ever-annoying app-menu! Thanks, @vasa1, that seems to have done the trick. If anyone else runs into this, the solution is to paste this in a terminal window:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides '@a{sv} {"Gtk/ShellShowsAppMenu": <int32 0>}'

I didn't have to reboot or logout. As soon as I restarted gedit, the Preferences menu item was available.

(Bonus points to anyone who know what that arcane @a{sv...} text means!?)

Stéphane
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