I was able to reproduce the problem by uninstalling xfonts-75dpi and xfonts-100dpi.
So another solution might be for nedit to recommend those fonts, as is done in grace (which is the package I happened to have installed on Vivid): Recommends: xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi | xfonts-100dpi-transcoded | xfonts-75dpi-transcoded -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415309 Title: "Open file with Nedit" from PCManFM causes Nedit to crash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nedit/+bug/1415309/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs