I can't seem to reproduce the problem on 16.04 here.
Can you provide a screenshot of what you see?
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Tags added: xenial
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Title:
Gedit misrecognises encoding on plain ASCII file
Status in gedit package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
On opening the attached file, gedit recognises it incorrectly as some
asian-specific encoding, even though the file is plain ASCII.
Ubuntu version:
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Release: 16.04
Gedit package version:
gedit:
Installed: 3.18.3-0ubuntu4
Candidate: 3.18.3-0ubuntu4
Version table:
*** 3.18.3-0ubuntu4 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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