Saving a bash script fails due to GVfs problem

Hello all, first post! Thanks in advance.

I used gedit to write a simple ip sweep script, but when I save it, in the GUI, this error pops in my terminal window:
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(gedit:21632): Tepl-WARNING **: 16:27:33.903: GVfs metadata is not supported. Fallback to TeplMetadataManager. Either GVfs is not correctly installed or GVfs metadata are not supported on this platform. In the latter case, you should configure Tepl with --disable-gvfs-metadata.

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Troubleshooting steps:
1) while logged as root i typed 'locate GVfs' and got nothing. Thinking it wasn't installed along with my very recent install of Gedit itself, I:
2) went to GitHub and found a GVfs instance, but it was associated with Gnome. I believe I am running XFCE, as , when I do a 'sudo tasksel' in the terminal, I see this:

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Nonetheless, I tried to download and run the version I found at GItHub. I installed successfully, but it didn't change the symptoms. So I uninstalled it.

3) Surfing the web, I found a tip that I should run Gedit this way: sudo -H gedit <filename>
I did so, but upon saving, same thing. GVfs error.

Can you help?