Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gedit
natty i386 updated Have seen many times, not only with Natty, that gedit fail to open huge file due to unrecognized automatic character encoding. My system use utf-8 and gedit fail using "automatic detection" For example today i've tried, for my needs, to edit /var/lib/available which is heavy weighted, ~ 30 Mio, and fail to open it. Changing "automatic detection" to select " occidental (ISO-8859-15) re-encode that file and then open it without trouble. So the problem is clear: gedit only use utf-8 and never test and use fallback to iso-8859-15, that mean "automatic detection" is a joke. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: gedit 2.30.4-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic-pae 2.6.38-rc6 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Mar 7 15:41:11 2011 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gedit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730664 Title: fail to recognize character encoding on big files -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs