try opening the file with vim, you'll see the character, such characters are used to indicate that the file is a binary so i don't think this is a bug in the application, rather a broken file. Thanks in advance Sensiva.
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- gedit doesn't open txt files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518632 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs