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

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#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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Comment(by marisn):

 Replying to [comment:20 mlennert]:
 > Replying to [comment:19 mlennert]:
 > > Any news on this issue, at least for GRASS 7 ?
 >
 > If I follow Maris' comment:18 then the only solution would be to call
 grass.py directly from a python script, and not from a .bat. Is that
 correct ?

 I just tested GRASS 7 on Vista. It seems to pass the "welcome" screen just
 fine, still CLI (CMD) is not set up correctly (LOCATION_NAME not set).
 g.gui starts fine, still it is not possible to import any data as vector
 import wizard fails to see any layers in a shapefile and raster data
 importing fails when calling r.in.gdal with "file doesn't exist" error.
 Exiting from CMD also fails with "Failed to start shell 'C:\Program
 Files\GRASS GIS 7.0.svn\msys\bin\sh.exe'".

 My guess - elimination of CMD part on windows as per #1891 AND elimination
 of touching shell in ANY way is the only solution to fix this issue.

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