Oh, perhaps you want to 'decode' the string that dirOpenDialog returns.
redcom: > Hi Don, > > must be doing something wrong. > > The messed up string originates from calling Graphics.UI.WX.dirOpenDialog > and selecting a directory with Umlauts. > > The encode function doesn't seem to help here as it's too far at the end > of the chain. > > Günther > > Am 10.12.2008, 02:45 Uhr, schrieb Don Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >redcom: > >>Hi, > >> > >>how can I convert a file name with for example umlauts (ü, ä ... ) into > >>UTF8, or some other format that I can actually use it? > >> > >>Günther > >> > > > >Using the utf8-string package to encode the file name string. > > > > e.g. > > > > x <- readFile (encode "ኃይሌ ገብረሥላሴ") > > > > http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/utf8-string > > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe