gedit crashes when opening files from terminal (syntax highlighting bug?)

[Aku Kotkavuo]

I stumbled upon a bug in gedit while trying to open a .py file from terminal (with "gedit filename") - it simply crashes. Further testing revealed that gedit crashes with every .py and .pl file I tried to open from terminal, even empty files with those filename extensions (created with touch). However, empty .cpp and .c files open without crash.

On another machine which is supposed to have the same setup this happens only when LC_CTYPE is set to some variant of UTF-8, in other words only after "export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8" and then trying to open. Additionally, on this other machine even empty .sh files crash gedit. Both of the machines are running Breezy.

All of the files in question open if I first start up gedit and then try to open them from menu. I can also open them from terminal without any problems if I already have gedit running.

Also, some (but not all) of the files I tested with opened without problems after removing filename extensions. Could this be related to syntax highlighting?

I am using UTF-8, but this happens even in files without any special characters (like empty files). My gedit version is 2.12.1-0ubuntu1.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in gedit.
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[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Aku Kotkavuo (aku)]

Heh, it's been three years. I guess the issue has been fixed at some point because I couldn't reproduce this on Intrepid using gedit 2.24.2.