Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gedit
gedit: 2.30.0git20100413-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu: 10.04 LTS
When I open a .doc document, I expect gedit to open it like Vim, Emacs and even
Nano:
Just read out the bare text to produce a jumbled heap of
�...@^@^...@^@^...@^@^...@« and other symbols – but the main content still
somehow human-readable if found.
Instead it gives me:
»Could not open the file /PATH/example.doc.
gedit has not been able to detect the character encoding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character encoding from the menu and try again.«
(I forgot which ones the »several other formats« are specifically but I
know this has happened to me countless times.)
** Affects: gedit
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: gedit (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gedit can not open .doc files and several other formats
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575500
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