joinlines plugin doesn't play nice with UTF-8

[Micah Gersten]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/joinlines.py", line 79, in <lambda>
    lambda a, w: split_lines(w))],
  File "/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/joinlines.py", line 164, in split_lines
    forward_to_word_end(previous_word_end)
  File "/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/joinlines.py", line 218, in forward_to_word_end
    while ord(char) and (not (char in (' ', '\t', '\n', '\r'))):
TypeError: ord() expected a character, but string of length 2 found

I would expect it to work with any unicode character.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gedit-plugins 3.3.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic 3.2.27
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 29 08:01:25 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gedit-plugins
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-29 (212 days ago)