Public bug reported:
If you create this file:
printf "A\xb3B" > a.txt
So that it contains a hex B3 character between the characters "A" and
"B", and then try to edit it:
gted a.txt
The text editor window shows this misleading error message:
Could Not Open File
You do not have permission to open the file.
On the console, this message is logged:
(gted:14315): editor-document-WARNING **: 09:39:24.369: Failed to
load file: There was a character encoding conversion error and it was
needed to use a fallback character.
What it should do instead is offer to use a different encoding than
UTF-8 (or at least show an error message that is not misleading).
** Affects: gnome-text-editor (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
If you create this file:
- printf "A\xb3B" > a.txt
+ printf "A\xb3B" > a.txt
So that it contains a hex B3 character between the characters "A" and
"B", and then try to edit it:
- gted a.txt
+ gted a.txt
The text editor window shows this misleading error message:
- Could Not Open File
- You do not have permission to open the file.
+ Could Not Open File
+ You do not have permission to open the file.
On the console, this message is logged:
- (gted:14315): editor-document-WARNING **: 09:39:24.369: Failed to
+ (gted:14315): editor-document-WARNING **: 09:39:24.369: Failed to
load file: There was a character encoding conversion error and it was
needed to use a fallback character.
What it should do instead is offer to use a different encoding than
- UTF-8.
+ UTF-8 (or at least show an error message that is not misleading).
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2020174
Title:
Incorrect error message when reading non-UTF8
Status in gnome-text-editor package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
If you create this file:
printf "A\xb3B" > a.txt
So that it contains a hex B3 character between the characters "A" and
"B", and then try to edit it:
gted a.txt
The text editor window shows this misleading error message:
Could Not Open File
You do not have permission to open the file.
On the console, this message is logged:
(gted:14315): editor-document-WARNING **: 09:39:24.369: Failed to
load file: There was a character encoding conversion error and it was
needed to use a fallback character.
What it should do instead is offer to use a different encoding than
UTF-8 (or at least show an error message that is not misleading).
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