Vscode: File will not be displayed because is it either binary, very large or an unsupported text encoding

[BillDenton]

• VSCode Version: Code 1.13.1 (379d2efb5539b09112c793d3d9a413017d736f89, 2017-06-14T18:21:47.485Z)
• OS Version: Windows_NT ia32 6.1.7601
• Extensions:

|Extension|Author|Version|
|---|---|---|
|language-x86-64-assembly|13xforever|2.2.11|
|rainbow-brackets|2gua|0.0.6|
|read-only-indicator|alefragnani|0.6.0|
|alignment|annsk|0.3.0|
|Doxygen|bbenoist|1.0.0|
|vscode-astyle|chiehyu|0.6.2|
|python|donjayamanne|0.6.5|
|EditorConfig|EditorConfig|0.9.3|
|matlab|Gimly81|0.5.0|
|triggertaskonsave|Gruntfuggly|0.1.2|
|status-bar-tasks|GuardRex|0.2.0|
|vscode-dimmer|hoovercj|2.1.0|
|docthis|joelday|0.4.5|
|center-editor-window|kaiwood|2.0.2|
|select-part-of-word|mlewand|1.0.1|
|cpptools|ms-vscode|0.11.4|
|indent-rainbow|oderwat|0.6.1|
|vscode-clearcase|OpenNingia|1.9.2|
|vscode-icons|robertohuertasm|7.9.0|
|theme-cyanicpastels|SamuelLampa|0.0.9|
|indenticator|SirTori|0.4.2|
|vscode-hexdump|slevesque|1.3.0|
|code-spell-checker|streetsidesoftware|1.2.0|
|comment-snippets|Tobiah|0.2.0|
|selectline-statusbar|tomoki1207|0.0.2|
|dark-plus-material|vangware|1.0.3|
|change-case|wmaurer|1.0.0|
|highlight-trailing-white-spaces|ybaumes|0.0.2|;

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open attached file in VS code get error message.
2. Open file in Notepad. No problem.

I had edit the file to remove private information. When I edited it Notepad and saved it was converted to a readable format. When I edited it in SlickEdit, I could preserve the original formatting so it would load in Notepad but not in VS Code.
vs code.txt

[bpasero]

Looks like there are zero-byte-characters in that file:

In that case we think the file is binary. You need to include a UTF-16 BOM in the file if it is using that encoding.

[BillDenton]

Given that the file successfully opens in both Notepad and SlickEdit, IMHO the binary detection is incorrect. Is there is any chance that it could be resolved?

[BillDenton]

Given that the attached file works in Notepad, Notepad++ and SlickEdit (and probably other editors - these are only the ones I have installed), should it not work in VS Code? This is not particularly robust behaviour - IMHO an editor should be able to cope with a wide range of input files.
In Notepad++ the zeros are shown:

[TheDutchCoder]

This also happens on Apache error logs for some reason. I don't think the detection is correct at the moment.