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Description of problem:
The encrypted root password in my /etc/shadow contains two characters 0xde and
0xe9. When displaying the file with "jed", all subsequent characters in that
line are invisible. It does not make a difference whether I load the file in an
xterm or virtual console.

LANG=en_GB.UTF-8

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.99.15-3

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. jed example.txt (see attachment)

You will see a truncated first line.