[Qgis-user] Problems with local characters in version 1.8.0

[Andre Joost]

Am 01.08.12 11:10, schrieb magerlin:
> I usually create (and read) shape files using the "System" encoding which in
> my case is: da_DK (which should be equal to ISO-8859-15 as far as I know).
>
> Thís has been working fine in earlier versions of Qgis but in version 1.8.0
> this is not the case:
>

Yes, there is some trouble with GDAL and QGIS in respect with encoding 
issues.
Older Versions of GDAL left the encoding entirely to qgis. There is a 
ticket open to solve it.
If the misspelling gets annoying, try spatialite database in the meantime.

HTH,
André Joost