[Koha] [Koha-devel] file encoding problems

Fri Dec 4 21:40:43 NZDT 2009

There's also an easy command line utility for converting into UTF8.  Here's
an example:
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*iconv --from-code=ISO-8859-1 --to-code=UTF-8 iso.txt > utf.txt*
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2009/12/4 Joe Atzberger <ohiocore at gmail.com>

> Try using an editor and configuration with known good UTF8 behavior.
> Something like vi or emacs, most likely.
>
> jEdit seems to have known issues w/ UTF8 detection:
> http://community.jedit.org/?q=node/view/2965
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> You will also have to check your terminal environment to make sure the UTF8
> stuff gets across and is preserved correctly.  The koha wiki "encoding
> scratchpad" has a lot of good things to check.
>
> --joe
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> 2009/12/3 Chadwick, John, DCA <john.chadwick at state.nm.us>
>
>>  I am trying to edit the sort-string-utf.chr file to map characters with
>> diacritics (acute and grave accents) to letters without accents.
>>
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>> The problem I am running into is that I am trying to open up the files in
>> a program called jEdit. The editor tells me that the French version is in
>> cp1250.
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>> The English version is utf-8 encoding and the diacritics are showing up in
>> the file with all sorts of extra characters and square boxes.
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>> Any suggestions at this point would be appreciated.
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>>
>> John
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>> +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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>> John Chadwick, Ed.D. Information Technology Manager
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>> New Mexico State Library
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>> 1209 Camino Carlos Rey
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>> Santa Fe, NM 87507
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>> Phone: 505-476-9740  Cell: 505-629-8116 Fax: 505-476-9761
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>> john.chadwick at state.nm.us
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>> http://www.nmstatelibrary.org
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