Hi, I have filed a new bug as you instructed with id 699697. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699697
Thank you. On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it > would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers > of the software by following the instructions at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please > tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a > bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance. > > ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1176319 > > Title: > gedit automatically detected character encoding in open file dialog > box > > Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > Hello, > > In gedit's open file dialog box, there is an option for choosing the > character encoding. The default option is "Automatically Detected" > which I am afraid it doesn't always work. > > I am attaching a file (gr.srt) with encoding (Greek) ISO-8859-7. I > verified its encoding using the chardet utility in the terminal and I am > also attaching chardet.png that shows exactly this. If you open this file > (gr.srt) with gedit and encoding auto detection and you leave your mouse > over the respective file's tab, a hint will appear reporting the Western > ISO-8859-15 as the detected encoding. Of course as a result, the file's > content is unreadable. (Attached geditWrong.png) > > If you open the same file by choosing (Greek) ISO-8859-7 in the open > file dialog box, the respective hint properly shows the correct encoding > and the file is readable. (Attached geditCorrect.png). > > Bear in mind that once you have opened the file with ISO-8859-7, it > will always open correctly even if you choose "Automatically > Detected". It seems that gedit remembers your option and doesn't > actually try to detect the actual encoding. In order to reset to the > initial problematic behavior, you have to manually select (Western) > ISO-8859-15 once. It seems to me that it is very probable that this is > another issue but yet related and it will also help you to not get > confused in your tests. > > Finally, I would like to grab this opportunity and ask you to add an > encoding choice in gedit's menu because in the open file dialog, it is > quite "hidden" in the sense that most people open files by double > clicking them. I even found this option on the net, it didn't even > cross my mind that such an option would be available there. Also, I > have found quite many frustration reports on the Internet from people > who use non Latin alphabets, I have even found a bug report that was > closed because the reporter unfortunately failed to provide the > required evidence and instructions. > > Thank you very much. > > P.S > Since I am only allowed to attach one file, note that all files I have > mentioned are included in geditEncoding.tar.gz > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1176319/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1176319 Title: gedit automatically detected character encoding in open file dialog box To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1176319/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
