This seem to happen if the file has either no highlighting mode or a highlighting mode that isn't on of the default that comes with gedit.
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Gedit changes highlight mode to c if there's a block comment a the start of the file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230987 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs