gedit snippet not working on new system

[Wade Smart]

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On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 7:12 AM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 06:53:54 -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>>I have these snippets Ive used for years now.
>>This one is not working.
>>
>>tab+t = $(date + "%H%M ")
>>simply puts in the time for me and the other
>>
>>tab+q = [QUOTE] $0 [/QUOTE]
>>is for quotes.
>>
>>I tried creating a new snippet.
>>I tried importing the one that works from my laptop.
>>I just copied over the xml file.
>>Still doesnt work.
>>
>>When you hit tab+t, you see the t on screen and then the
>>tab backspaces over it. No time is seen.
>
> You should mention what Ubuntu (flavour) release you are using and what
> version of gedit. From what release or upgrade on it stopped working?
>
> Btw. I'm too stupid to understand
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/Plugins/Snippets or how you add those
> snippets. I'm not a gedit user at all, but for testing purpose I run
> it, checked the snippets plugin and tried to add a snippet without
> success.
>
> I'm currently not booted into my Ubuntu install, so I tested with
>
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ gedit -V
> gedit - Version 3.28.1
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ lsb_release -a
> LSB Version:    1.4
> Distributor ID: Arch
> Description:    Arch Linux
> Release:        rolling
> Codename:       n/a
>
>
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Ubuntu 18.04 on machines.
Upgraded from 16.04 on the laptop some time ago - snippets work fine.
Fresh install of 18.04 on desktop - this one snippet will not work.

Version 3.28.1 on both machines.