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[Jg-jguk <jg@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi there

Yes, I'm a dev, I use hexeditor and binutils' "strings" regularly. However, every text editor I have ever used has let me open a file containing unrecognised chars, it just shows [] etc. So I stick to my request! Windows or Mac don't have this limitation too BTW. KDE doesn't either, i switched to KWrite.
Thanks, Jon

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848253

Title:
  Gedit won't let me edit binary files to look for text

Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Gedit won't let me view/edit text files it cant figure out the charset
  of files it cannot work out the charset of.

  All other editors let you open binary files, and see if you recognise
  any strings etc.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gedit 2.30.4-2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Sep 12 21:27:48 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gedit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  XsessionErrors:
   (nautilus:1315): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_screen: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
   (nautilus:1315): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_drag_set_icon_pixmap: assertion `!mask || gdk_window_get_screen (mask) == screen' failed
   (nautilus:1315): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_screen: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
   (nautilus:1315): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_drag_set_icon_pixmap: assertion `!mask || gdk_window_get_screen (mask) == screen' failed

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