# Bug saving notes in external editor

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/bug-saving-notes-in-external-editor/2673>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [16 June 2019 12:54 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/bug-saving-notes-in-external-editor/2673 "2019-06-16T12:54:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalebJohn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/calebjohn/32/356_2.png) [@CalebJohn](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/CalebJohn)\
**Post date:** [16 June 2019 18:58 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/bug-saving-notes-in-external-editor/2673/4 "2019-06-16T18:58:35Z")

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This issue also exists with gvim, but it’s fixable by changing some settings in vim see [this forum post](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/watching-for-external-edits-stops-in-linux/2541) I bet theres something that can be changed on the gedit side to get this to work. I’ll look into it.

edit: I did some digging and this appears to be a [chokidar issue](https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/237) it’s closed but in the referenced pull request it looks like it should be re-opened.

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