This issue has been open for almost 4 years now upstream, with no indication of it ever being fixed.
The most annoying thing is that Ubuntu uses gedit as default text editor, so users get bitten by this usability snafu often. If upstream is unwilling to fix, perhaps a different text editor should be chosen as the Ubuntu default? -- Refuses to open files where the character encoding is not recognised https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/75151 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
