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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/-/issues/743 ** Changed in: gnome-text-editor (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/-/issues #743 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/-/issues/743 ** Also affects: gnome-text-editor via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/-/issues/743 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: gnome-text-editor (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-text-editor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2088446 Title: UTF16 document saved with automatic encoding detection is saved as UTF8 instead of UTF16 Status in GNOME Text Editor: Unknown Status in gnome-text-editor package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: UTF16 document saved with automatic encoding detection is saved as UTF8 instead of UTF16. Example given: -------------- - There is an "UTF16_sample.txt" document included in this bug. It's an UTF16 encoded file: $ file UTF16_sample.txt UTF16_sample.txt: Unicode text, UTF-16, little-endian text, with CRLF line terminators - Open it with with gnome-text-editor. It is correctly interpreted and it's content are shown as: aeiouáéíóú AEIOUÁÉÍÓÚ - Don't modify it's content, just save the document. It uses automatic encoding detection but it saves the document as UTF8 instead of UTF16: $ file UTF16_sample.txt UTF16_sample.txt: Unicode text, UTF-8 text, with CRLF line terminators In my opinion this is a bug because the encoding should be the same of the original file when saving with automatic encoding detection. But, if it's not being considered a bug, I think that at least there should be a warning when saving is going to replace a document with a different encoding using automatic encoding detection. Note: if UTF16 encoding is manually selected in "Save As" dialog the resulting file encoding is correct so the problem should be the autodetection that worked for reading the document but fails when saving. Additional Info: ---------------- $ lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 24.10 Release: 24.10 $ apt-cache policy gnome-text-editor gnome-text-editor: Instalados: 47.0-1ubuntu2 Candidato: 47.0-1ubuntu2 Tabla de versión: *** 47.0-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports oracular/main arm64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-text-editor/+bug/2088446/+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
