[GRASS-dev] Re: GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1493: wxgui About GRASS fails with UnicodeDecodeError

[Michael Barton]

This looks like the same problem I was hitting with v.in.dxf.

Michael
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On Nov 17, 2011, at 3:56 AM, grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:46:40 -0000
> From: "GRASS GIS" <trac at osgeo.org>
> Subject: [GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1493: wxgui About GRASS fails with
>        UnicodeDecodeError
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Message-ID: <040.96589a7c33b650975e03389ce3e1c63c at osgeo.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> 
> #1493: wxgui About GRASS fails with UnicodeDecodeError
> -------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
> Reporter:  marisn       |       Owner:  grass-dev@???
>     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new
> Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:
> Component:  wxGUI        |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64
> Keywords:               |    Platform:  MSWindows 7
>      Cpu:  Unspecified  |
> -------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
> WinGRASS-6.4.SVN-r49260-1 on Windows 7 Help->About GRASS:
> {{{
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:/Program Files/GRASS
> 6.4.SVN/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py", line 614, in OnAboutGRASS
> 
> win = AboutWindow(self)
>   File "C:\Program Files\GRASS
> 6.4.SVN\etc\wxpython\gui_modules\ghelp.py", line 547, in
> __init__
> 
> (_("Contributors"), self._pageContributors()),
>   File "C:\Program Files\GRASS
> 6.4.SVN\etc\wxpython\gui_modules\ghelp.py", line 702, in
> _pageContributors
> 
> label = item))
>   File "C:\Program Files\GRASS 6.4.SVN\Python25\lib\site-
> packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\wx\_controls.py", line 1136, in
> __init__
> 
> _controls_.StaticText_swiginit(self,_controls_.new_StaticTex
> t(*args, **kwargs))
>   File "C:\Program Files\GRASS
> 6.4.SVN\Python25\lib\encodings\cp1257.py", line 15, in
> decode
> 
> return codecs.charmap_decode(input,errors,decoding_table)
> UnicodeDecodeError
> :
> 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0xa1 in position 19:
> character maps to <undefined>
> }}}