This is marked as fixed in upstream (see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349199). Is this still reproducible? Please specify your gedit version using 'apt-cache policy gedit' command in terminal
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #349199 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349199 ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Also affects: gedit via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349199 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808119 Title: Gedit does not base it's syntax highlighting on file content on a remote server Status in Light-Weight Text Editor for Gnome: Unknown Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When a file contains #!/bin/bash in it's header, this is not recognized when the file is on a remote location (ssh, smb, etc.). The syntax hightlighting has to be set manually to 'sh'. When the file is local, the syntax highlighting works as expected. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/808119/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
