WinGRASS: Problem with special characters (wxpython GUI)

[marmai]

In the latest winGRASS binary (standalone version: WinGRASS-6.4.0SVN-r39626-1-Setup.exe) there is a problem with the special characters in the German language ('Umlaute', e.g. ö,ä,ü): In the GUI windows that open at startup ('GRASS GIS Ebenen-Manager') everything is correct, but all GUIs for modules (started from within the wxpython GUI) have broken characters (all umlauts are broken; see attached file). This occured on W2k and XP, and can be reproduced.

[cnielsen]

A french colleague of mine complained about the same issue. I'm not sure how to fix it although I may have missed a library when assembling the package.

It might help if you could tell me if this is the first version of wingrass you have had a problem with?

[marmai]

Replying to cnielsen:

It might help if you could tell me if this is the first version of wingrass you have had a problem with?

I am not sure. I used the former wingrass versions, but I realized this problem the first time in this version. But I am not sure that this problem was not there in the older versions. Is it possible to get somewhere the old binary installer (for the old versions), then I will install a older version to check for this problem.

[marmai]

Replying to cnielsen:

It might help if you could tell me if this is the first version of wingrass you have had a problem with?

I found an old binary in my downloads (WinGRASS-6.4.0SVN-r39271-1-Setup.exe downloaded 13th October 2009). I re-installed that version, and here is the same problem with the characters.

[neteler]

We have done some modifications. Please check if the problem persists in the latest available winGRASS version.

[neteler]

duplicate of #806

[neteler]

oops closed wrong report, sorry

[hamish]

fwiw I see a "ü" in the $Date$ stamp of the AUTHORS file from the Help->About tab in the latest wingrass 6.4.0svn binary (r40456) on XP. (Presumably because this is due to the packager's locale.)

Hamish

[marmai]

Replying to neteler:

We have done some modifications. Please check if the problem persists in the latest available winGRASS version.

Sorry, but there is still the problem with the German 'Umlaute' in the latest wingrass 6.4.0svn binary (r40456) on my machine (XP).

[hellik]

Replying to marmai:

Replying to neteler:

We have done some modifications. Please check if the problem persists in the latest available winGRASS version.

Sorry, but there is still the problem with the German 'Umlaute' in the latest wingrass 6.4.0svn binary (r40456) on my machine (XP).

I can confirm on Grass64svn, but on Grass65svn all german 'Umlaute' are correctly displayed in the GUI

Helmut

[neteler]

The file encoding is indentical:

file grass64/locale/po/*de.po grass65/locale/po/*de.po
grass64/locale/po/grasslibs_de.po: ISO-8859 English text
grass64/locale/po/grassmods_de.po: Lisp/Scheme program text
grass64/locale/po/grasstcl_de.po:  ISO-8859 English text
grass64/locale/po/grasswxpy_de.po: ISO-8859 English text
grass65/locale/po/grasslibs_de.po: ISO-8859 English text
grass65/locale/po/grassmods_de.po: Lisp/Scheme program text
grass65/locale/po/grasstcl_de.po:  ISO-8859 English text
grass65/locale/po/grasswxpy_de.po: ISO-8859 English text

Comparing gui/wxpython/gui_modules/menuform.py I see some SAX differences and p.get() and getNodeText() (which isn't used in 6.4) and in "class GUI" (SAX parsing no longer used). No idea if that's relevant.

Markus

[hellik]

Replying to hellik:

Replying to marmai:

Replying to neteler:

We have done some modifications. Please check if the problem persists in the latest available winGRASS version.

Sorry, but there is still the problem with the German 'Umlaute' in the latest wingrass 6.4.0svn binary (r40456) on my machine (XP).

I can confirm on Grass64svn, but on Grass65svn all german 'Umlaute' are correctly displayed in the GUI Helmut

tested on a fresh grass64svn-checkout, all german 'Umlaute' are correctly displayed in the GUI.

Helmut

[neteler]

Martin has fixed it in r40553. Closing.