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Bug 662560 - Option to change character encoding in statusbar
Option to change character encoding in statusbar
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 342918
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
3.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-10-23 22:06 UTC by Ahmed Shams
Modified: 2012-08-02 09:36 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

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2011-10-23 22:08 UTC, Ahmed Shams 		Details

Description Ahmed Shams 2011-10-23 22:06:09 UTC 
On behalf of Roman Voropaev: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880310

In gEdit 3.2.0 statusbar shows only syntax highlight mode, insert/replace mode, line/column count, tab width (at screenshot). There is no way to change encoding in it =( I understand that this is a feature request, not a bug report. But ability to view any text file is a key feature of any text editor in my opinion.
Comment 1 Ahmed Shams 2011-10-23 22:08:39 UTC 
Created attachment 199782 [details]
bad encoding
Comment 2 André Klapper 2011-10-27 15:01:24 UTC 
This has not been offered before version 3.2 either... 
You can change the character encoding by reopening the file and choosing an encoding in the "Open file" dialog.

setting severity = enhancement & version = 3.2 & making the summary clearer.
Comment 3 chris 2012-05-23 14:48:02 UTC 
in case it helps, my reading of the bug on launchpad is that the user _doesn't_ want the 'change character encoding' back on the status bar - they always wanted it moved/copied from there to the app menus.

note that "reopening the file" now (as of gedit 3.2.6) means "closing the file and opening it again" - if you don't close it first then gedit 'switches tab' without changing to the requested encoding.
Comment 4 André Klapper 2012-08-02 09:36:22 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 342918 ***