[Digikam-devel] [Bug 151719] New: patch: non latin1 in iptc keywords

[Piotr Tarnowski]

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           Summary: patch: non latin1 in iptc keywords
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: piotr_tarnowski wp pl


Version:           0.9.2-final (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
OS:                Linux

I know that in digiKam 0.10.0 XMP will be used for keywords, but for inpatient (like me) i provide workaround for using entering non-latin1 keyword names. Everything is implemented in metadatahub.cpp class:

1) if you want to store keywords in another (8-bit) encoding, you should add a tag which path ends with 'tags.encoding/<encoding>' example "extra/my.tags.encoding/ISO-8859-2"

2) load method checks for such a tag and if notices one corrects encoding of other tags

3) write method does the same

I know that this is quick and dirty but it works and what is  important stores information about encoding within image (so you can have images with different tags encoding and you do not have to remember which one has what encoding)