[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3925: winGRASS 7.8.1dev: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x9d - issue in vector attribute data handling (e.g. opening attribute table, v.report, etc)

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#3925: winGRASS 7.8.1dev: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x9d - issue in vector
attribute data handling (e.g. opening attribute table, v.report, etc)
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  Reporter:  hellik   |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  blocker  |  Milestone:  7.8.1
 Component:  Vector   |    Version:  git-releasebranch78
Resolution:           |   Keywords:  python3, py3, wingrass
       CPU:  x86-64   |   Platform:  MSWindows
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Comment (by annakrat):

 This is a larger problem. In case of geonames, they are encoded in utf8,
 but the decode function uses local encoding. There is GRASS_DB_ENCODING,
 which should in theory help, but it's not used in v.report and more
 generally, it's not tied to individual tables and it's not user-friendly.
 One practical way, which wouldn't solve this for all cases, but perhaps
 majority is to have a new decode function for attribute data, which would
 try first GRASS_DB_ENCODING if specified, then try decoding with local
 encoding and if that doesn't work, use utf8.

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