[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1681: WXGUI vector editing fails with python unicode error

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#1681: WXGUI vector editing fails with python unicode error
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 Reporter:  marisn       |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  wxGUI        |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:               |    Platform:  Linux                    
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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 Steps to reproduce:
  * Create a new GRASS vector data set;
  * In "Attribute table" dialog choose "Manage table" and add a single text
 attribute;
  * Rightclick layer and choose "Start editing";
  * Add a feature and fill text field with: "āšņļ";
  * Click "Submit" and observe infamous unicode error in WXGUI console.

 {{{
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/maris/soft/grass_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-
 linux-gnu/etc/gui/wxpython/dbmgr/dialogs.py", line 318, in
 OnSubmit

 for sql in self.GetSQLString(updateValues = True):
   File "/home/maris/soft/grass_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-
 linux-gnu/etc/gui/wxpython/dbmgr/dialogs.py", line 241, in
 GetSQLString

 updatedValues.append("'" + str(newvalue) + "'")
 UnicodeEncodeError
 :
 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 3-4:
 ordinal not in range(128)
 }}}

 "Data browser" encoding is set to "utf-8"

 {{{
 GRASS 7.0.svn (Igaunija):~/soft/grass_trunk > locale
 LANG=lv_LV
 LC_CTYPE="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_NUMERIC="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_TIME="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_COLLATE="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_MONETARY="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_MESSAGES="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_PAPER="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_NAME="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_ADDRESS="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_TELEPHONE="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_MEASUREMENT="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_IDENTIFICATION="lv_LV.utf8"
 LC_ALL=lv_LV.utf8
 }}}

 Notice to all developers - if You do anything user visible or provided
 text related, keep "āšņļ" and "йцукен" at Your hand all the time, please.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1681>
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