This is still present in nedit 1:5.5-2ubuntu3, in Gutsy. It does, however, now throw a warning when you try to open a UTF-8 file.
$ nedit UTF-8-demo.txt UTF8 locale not supported. -- NEdit doesn't work support UTF https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs