[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2021: encoding information in locale gets lost

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#2021: encoding information in locale gets lost
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 Reporter:  mlennert         |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Startup          |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:  locale encoding  |    Platform:  Linux                    
      Cpu:  Unspecified      |  
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Comment(by mlennert):

 Replying to [ticket:2021 mlennert]:
 > My locale settings before launching GRASS 7:
 >
 >
 > {{{
 > $ locale
 > LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8
 > LANGUAGE=fr_BE:fr
 > LC_CTYPE="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_NUMERIC="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_TIME="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_COLLATE="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_MONETARY="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_MESSAGES="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_PAPER="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_NAME="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_ADDRESS="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_TELEPHONE="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_MEASUREMENT="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_IDENTIFICATION="fr_BE.UTF-8"
 > LC_ALL=
 > }}}
 >
 >
 > locale settings after launching GRASS 7:
 >
 >
 > {{{
 > > locale
 > LANG=fr_BE
 > LANGUAGE=fr_BE
 > LC_CTYPE=fr_BE
 > LC_NUMERIC=C
 > LC_TIME=fr_BE
 > LC_COLLATE=fr_BE
 > LC_MONETARY=fr_BE
 > LC_MESSAGES=fr_BE
 > LC_PAPER=fr_BE
 > LC_NAME=fr_BE
 > LC_ADDRESS=fr_BE
 > LC_TELEPHONE=fr_BE
 > LC_MEASUREMENT=fr_BE
 > LC_IDENTIFICATION=fr_BE
 > LC_ALL=
 > }}}
 >
 >
 > Thus the special characters in translated messages are not displayed
 correctly.
 >
 > This is with svn revision 56918.

 The culprit seems to be r52517 which includes the following line in
 lib/init.grass.py:


 {{{
 language = language.split('.')[0] # Split off ignored .encoding part if
 present
 }}}

 Why should the encoding part be split off, especially since it is _not_
 ignored as implied by the comment. Module messages that have been
 translated (in my case into French) and include special characters are not
 displayed correctly.

 When I comment out this line, I get messages in the correct encoding.

 Maris, could you explain the reason for taking away the encoding info ?
 I'm tempted to comment out the line for now and see if anyone reports
 negative consequences, but I'll wait a few days to see if there is a
 reason for it.

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