#1496 closed enhancement (worksforme)
Setting the encoding type on new shapefiles
Reported by: | zachariahyoder | Owned by: | nobody |
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Priority: | major: does not work as expected | Milestone: | |
Component: | Internationalisation | Version: | 1.0.0 |
Keywords: | unicode internationalization shapefile | Cc: | |
Must Fix for Release: | No | Platform: | Windows |
Platform Version: | Windows XP Home | Awaiting user input: | no |
Description
It appears that the user is currently not given a choice regarding which encoding they would like to use for new shapfiles.
I suggest adding an option in New Vector Layer dialog to choose the encoding when first making a new vector/shapefile. (Layer -> New Vector Layer -> New Vector Layer dialog)
P.S. A big thank you to the people who spend their time to implement these important features!
(Note: I have made this new ticket based on #1310, which seems to be fixed.)
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
Component: | Vectors → Internationalisation |
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comment:2 by , 15 years ago
Once you have defined the geometry type and attributes, then click OK, you can choose the encoding in the file save dialog.
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
Resolution: | → worksforme |
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Status: | new → closed |
Err... that's embarrassing :)
I wonder how long that has been implemented? Surely it wasn't in 0.10.0? But that really doesn't matter any more.
Also, having the default value as UTF-8 was a good change! (I think a change between 0.10.0 and 0.11.0, but I can't quickly check) As they commonly say in Nigeria, well done!
Thanks.
Following cdavilam in #1310, I think Internationalisation is a better Component that Vectors in this case.