Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gedit

When I try to open a normal text file using gedit it gives the following error
Could not open the file ..../Readme.txt.
gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu au try again.

choosing any of the available encodings in the list doesn't work, the
file is in English anyway.

I am using Karmic amd64

I thought it may be my installation is broken , so I tried the same on a
fresh install of Karmic in virtualbox, the same thing happened.

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: fe1df45febe5b83f3490d1fcfefd6d51
CheckboxSystem: 2a6f54df59af338184485e85cbcf0d32
Date: Mon Feb  8 03:51:46 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gedit 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gedit
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-02063206-generic x86_64

** Affects: gedit (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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gedit doesn't open txt files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518632
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