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this is kinda getting old ... just two links to discussions i was involved in: http://www.mail-archive.com/development@qt-project.org/msg04255.html http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.kde.devel.core/54679 - Oswald Buddenhagen On May 5, 2013, 8:13 a.m., Róbert Szókovács wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/110043/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated May 5, 2013, 8:13 a.m.) > > > Review request for kdelibs and Thiago Macieira. > > > Description > ------- > > This patch works around the problem of filenames that are not valid UTF8 > strings: in KLocalePrivate::initFileNameEncoding() KDE sets the QFile's > encoding/decoding function, to to/fromUTF8() in QString, which in turn calls > QUtf8's converter function (QUtf8 is not exported to developers, so I had to > use an inefficient method, I think it would be better if we could use the > state parameter for error detection). I replaced this with the said > functions' copy/pasted version and changed it, so when it encounters an > invalid UTF8 string, it will encode it byte by byte, mapping the lower 128 > their normal unicode place and the upper 128 to U+18000-U+1807F, and of > course the decoder reverses it. > To make this actually work you have to define the KDE_UTF8_FILENAMES > enviroment variable to a specific value ("broken_names"). > > To test it, do the following: .kde/env/KDE_UTF8_FILENAMES.sh with this > content: > export KDE_UTF8_FILENAMES=broken_names > logout, login, try dolphin on faulty files. (instead of the usual boxed "?" > you'll see just boxes) > > > This addresses bug 165044. > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165044 > > > Diffs > ----- > > kdecore/localization/klocale_kde.cpp b010e74 > > Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/110043/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > > Thanks, > > Róbert Szókovács > >
