This bug was fixed in the package gedit - 3.18.1-1ubuntu1
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gedit (3.18.1-1ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium
* Newer upstream version and merge on Debian, includes those changes
- code snippets plugin improvements (lp: #1335613)
- implements a minimap widget (lp: #1302451)
** Changed in: gedit
Status: Confirmed = Fix Released
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Gedit won't let me edit binary files to look for text
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** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Triaged
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Gedit won't let me edit binary files to look for text
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I set this as Confirmed, with importance: Wishlist as it is a feature
request. I also linked to an upstream bug from the gnome project, there
has been some discussion as to whether to implement this feature.
Thanks for your report!
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided =
** Changed in: gedit
Status: Unknown = Confirmed
** Changed in: gedit
Importance: Unknown = Wishlist
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Gedit is a text editor, therefore it stands to reason that it tries to
protect users from accidentally opening a binary file in the editor,
which might result in a less-knowledgeable user damaging it.
In order to
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
