[R] using gedit

[Eric Elguero]

Dear all,

I'm using R (2.10.1) under Ubuntu (9.10) and,
as I don't like vi, I edit my functions with
the command : edit(.,editor="gedit") which works
fine, except when gedit happens to be already
running. Then a new tab is created, and on exit
all changes are lost, regardless if I close the tab
or the editor altogether. Is there a solution 
to this problem?

thanks in advance.

Eric Elguero