I don't see why this is marked with importance "low". It's vital to be able to change fonts if you have short sight. So for accessibility reasons (a legal requirement in UK), this should be set to high.
I have the same problem after upgrading to 14.04. Had I known about it I would not have upgraded. My advanced search no longer works, and I need it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1391012 Title: The preferences menu in gedit is missing. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1391012/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
