[kde] [Bug 508749] New: Massive issues with filenames not in UTF-8
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508749
Bug ID: 508749
Summary: Massive issues with filenames not in UTF-8
Classification: I don't know
Product: kde
Version First unspecified
Reported In:
Platform: openSUSE
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: critical
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
Reporter: office at hantsch.co.at
Target Milestone: ---
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SUMMARY
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Do a plain install of "openSUSE Leap 15.6" (this also applies to older
versions, so version is not so important, I think)
2. Install all official updates, too.
3. Enter YaST2 -> System -> Language
Select there "Primary Language = German", then click "Details" and UNCHECK
UTF-8 Encoding.
Store settings and reboot system. (System is now using de_DE at euro )
4. In former runlevel 3 the system shows now locales set to de_DE at euro
everywhere, and everything is running fine.
5. In KDE I have to configure the profile of XFREE -> Extended ->
Default-Char-Encoding to ISO-8859-15. otherwise the konsole still encodes in
UTF-8.
I also have to edit ~/.config/plasma-localerc and enter there de_DE at euro
instead of de_DE.UTF-8
Now everything is set to iso-8859-1[5]
OBSERVED RESULT
KDE shows filenames containing German Umlauts garbled.
Example: a filename "würde.txt" appears as "w<?>rde.txt" in Dolphin.
("<?>" is one character)
Trying to open the file (containing the string "Hallo, schöne Welt") opens an
empty file (because kate receives a faulty filename, it starts a new file)
Renaming the filename "würde.txt" -> "wuerde.txt" makes kate open the file.
kate correctlöy shows encoding ISO-8859-15 and shows the string correctly, so
the problem is only related to the filename.
EXPECTED RESULT
I would expect that KDE is able to correctly detect the locale setting of
Linux. If this is not UTF-8, it shall also use a character translation.
I do not care about how KDE is internally working. if it internally uses only
UTF-8, it has to convert filenames between locale settings and UTF-8 as a step
in between. This fix was always possible in all previous versions of KDE (but
not done by me).
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version:
KDE Frameworks Version:
Qt Version:
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