This was a wrong settings issue not a bug. Thank you for reporting this bug and feel free to report any more that you find.
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Rejected -- GEdit opens java files with C source highlighting https://launchpad.net/bugs/64869 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs