Encoding problem in the file ioslave

[Michael Pyne]

On Monday 01 September 2008, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Thiago Macieira wrote:
> >Also remember that Windows (we seem to care about that platform now,
> >right?) uses Unicode to store filenames. If you convert from Unicode to
> >8-bit, make sure you're using UTF-8, not the local encoding for that
> >platform, or use URLs. So in the everywhere above where you converted
> >from QFile to the non-Win32 functions, be sure to use the local encoding
> >on Unix, but UTF-8 on Windows.
>
> Of course... Windows 8-bit APIs always use the local encoding, so you need
> to use the Unicode non-POSIX API to be able to open those files. (i.e.,
> use CreateFileW to open the file; I don't know if they provide a _wopen
> or _wfopen)
>
> Also remember that use of QStrings to mean filenames is widespread in Qt
> and KDE code. You have to convert *all* of those to QByteArray.

Well I hope whoever bothers to implement this takes it all into mind, my 
filenames are encoded properly so I see no reason to do it myself. ;)

Regards,
 - Michael Pyne

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