gedit freezes when reading large files from the web
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gedit (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: gedit
how to reproduce:
1. open firefox
2. browse to a location where you can download large (>25kb) textfiles (content-
3. a window pops up, asking how to proceed (save as or open with), choose open with texteditor (gedit)
4. gedit opens and freezes (no menubars displayed, cpu load raises)
workaround:
step 3: save the file on disk
open it manually -> if you scroll around a bit, gedit freezes again (if you switch back from another window)
other info:
the file contains more than 1000 characters per line (on some lines)
gphpedit can handle the same file without problems
gedit version 2.20.3-0ubuntu1 (7.10)