[Bug 36637] Opening binary files with long file names makes interface strange

[Lukas Sabota]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/36637

Affects: gedit (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
When you open a binary (or any file without proper character encoding),
the gedit window that is raised will look quite odd.  The error message
will take 3/4ths of the screen, but a yellow box will overlap it a
little tiny bit.  You can reproduce this error like this:

$ gedit /bin/ls
Notice the yellow box, and how it overlaps the message

I will attatch a screenshot.

Also, if the filename is long, the window is especially odd looking.
You can reproduce this bug like this:

$ cp /bin/ls ~/
$ mv ~/ls ~/reallyreallylongfilenameblahblah
$ gedit ~/reallyreallylongfilenameblahblah

Notice how the  error message is half in the yellow box, but half in the
message window.  Strange.  I will attach a screenshot of this behavior.