Public bug reported: Binary package hint: geany
When I try to open a file that seems to have characters in a different encoding, geany silently refuses to open the file, only the status area has a comment about it. Also if I force the encoding, it just cuts off at the first non-matching character, without telling me what happened. As a user, I would love to be informed about such a thing, currently I just wonder why the document is not opened, only when I check the status-area I see that it failed to open for some reason. I see various options to improve this: - provide a dialog to tell the user about a file that is not (completely) opened - provide a way to display the invalid characters differently and still load the document in full, not concatenating it mid-document ** Affects: geany (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/738672 Title: Geany silently refuses to open file instead of giving me the choice what to do -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs