Hi!
Have the next problem. I'm ukrainian user and have a problem with encoding when open in gedit files, which have been changed in Windows.
I have found the solution(sorrt that it is on russian).
But appear other problem: I don't have branch /apps/gedit-2/preferences/encodings. I have only:
/apps/gedit-2/preferences/ui
/apps/gedit-2/preferences/editor
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