(101/207) 2381509 - Character encoding error on load doesn't report line number

Dear JEdit Developers,

I would like to report an issue in the world's best editor.

When I load a file which has a character encoding issue, I get an I/O Error dialog box that shows the following message:

"The following I/O operation could not be completed:

c:\temp\test.txt
The file could not be loaded correctly (some data might be lost) with encoding "Cp1252".
(java.nio.charset.UnmappableCharacterException: Input length = 1)
Try selecting a different encoding.
It can be selected with the menu File->Reload with Encoding.
If you want it to be done automatically, add the candidates into "List of fallback encodings" in Encodings pane of Global Options.


But if I open my file "text.txt" that has a character encoding problem in a different editor like plain and simple windows notepad.exe,
- the do "Select All"
- copy the entire contents of the file to clipboard
- then open a new file in JEdit
- then paste the contents of the clipboard in JEdit
- do save as in JEdit
- try saving it as c:\temp\test2.txt
- JEdit throws the following error:

The following I/O operation could not be completed:
c:\temp\test2.txt
Cannot save: java.nio.CharacterConversionException: Failed to encode the character 'some_junk_character_is_shown' (U+FFFD) at column 85 in line 456 with the encoding "Cp1252".

Do you see the difference? When opening a file that has a character encoding issue, JEdit does not show the line and column numbers. But when you try to do a "save as" on a file that has a character encoding issue, JEdit actually tells you the line and column number that contain the problematic character.

I would really appreciate if you could make JEdit point out the line and column numbers of problematic characters while loading files (that have such character encoding issues).

Thanks a million
Suresh

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