Looks fine for me in gedit 3.28.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 Are you sure the file wasn't overwritten with binary data by another program ?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1780247 Title: Gedit misrecognises encoding on plain ASCII file Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: New 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1780247/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
