GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 563763
save as "overwrite" dialog gets memory junk instead of file name
Last modified: 2008-12-11 11:05:03 UTC
when doing file|save as, and selecting an existing file, the overwrite dialog shows nothing or rubbish as filename. this also crashed gedit once for me.
Created attachment 124207 [details] screenshot (in hungarian, but i guess language does not matter)
I can't reproduce this using gedit 2.24.2. Does it happen every time? Or just for a especific file?
Every time, for every file name. It is the latest ubuntu 8.10 .deb-packaged release (2.24.2-0ubuntu1), they patched it for some reason? I will check the launchpad buzilla. Thanks!
I tried Ubuntu 8.10 too and I can't reproduce this. Can be a problem only with hungarian language. Can you test it with others languages?
Created attachment 124301 [details] does not show anything at the filename, LC_ALL=C
More info: it works correctly, if you click save as, and double-click on an existing file. But if you type the name of an existing file (or leave the old file name there) and click "save", the problem arises. So you have to use the "save" button in the save as dialog.
*** Bug 563972 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Information from http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562691 : Please describe the problem: funny character displayed by gedit message window about the file already existing. This window contains strange characters. These strange characters seem to change each time the 'Save As' menu item is selected for the file. My current directory is /home/wt/Desktop I created an empty text file using the method defined below: 1. right click mouse button on Desktop 2. select Create Document>Empty File 3. name the empty file 'test.txt' Once the empty file is created, left click on 'test.txt'. Gedit will be loaded for the file. enter something in file. select File>Save As...using the same file name. click Save A message window pops up with the message below. What's not shown for '&i.txt' is a number of strange characters that could not be entered here. A file named "\Uffffffff\u0612(`S" already exists. Do you want to replace it? The file already exists in "Desktop". Replacing it will overwrite its contents. NOTE: the strange characters seem to change each time the "Save As" feature is used.
Czirkos, I'll close this report as duplicated, and we'll talk about this issue using http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562691 , which is older than this report. I have CCed you there. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 562691 ***