[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #995: WxGUI startup screen fails if GISDBASE path contains non-latin characters

[GRASS GIS]

#995: WxGUI startup screen fails if GISDBASE path contains non-latin characters
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 Reporter:  marisn          |       Owner:  martinl            
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  assigned           
 Priority:  critical        |   Milestone:  7.0.0              
Component:  wxGUI           |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64
 Keywords:  wingrass, i18n  |    Platform:  MSWindows Vista    
      Cpu:  Unspecified     |  
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Changes (by marisn):

  * milestone:  6.4.2 => 7.0.0


Comment:

 Stuck forever with 6.x releases. There is no way how to fix this issue for
 6.x. Only hope is to move away from anything shell related in 7.x and thus
 avoid any OEM codepage issues on Windows.

 Solution for end-users: create a new user with only latin letters in it's
 name for GRASS usage.

 See more here:
 http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2011-March/053874.html

 Replying to [comment:17 mlennert]:
 > Where are we at on this issue ? I have several students and colleagues
 who have been trying to use GRASS on Windows (Vista and 7) and have failed
 because their username contains non-latin characters.
 >
 > Moritz

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