I can't reproduce using gedit 2.14.3-0ubuntu1. Could you get a backtrace of the crash following the steps in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingProgramCrash ?
-- gedit crashes X on large xml file https://launchpad.net/bugs/53337 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
