[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2727: wxGUI startup: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 15: ordinal not in range(128)

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#2727: wxGUI startup: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 15: ordinal
not in range(128)
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 Reporter:  mlennert     |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
     Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  7.0.2
Component:  wxGUI        |    Version:  svn-trunk
 Keywords:  encoding     |        CPU:  Unspecified
 Platform:  Unspecified  |
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 With a just freshly checked out trunk, and LANGUAGE=fr_BE, I get the
 following error when trying to launch the wxgui:

 {{{
 Impossible d'analyser le fichier XML des outils utilisateur. Chargement de
 l'arbre des modules par défaut.

 Raison: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 15: ordinal not
 in range(128)

 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/data/home/mlennert/SRC/GRASS/grass_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-
 linux-gnu/gui/wxpython/lmgr/menudata.py", line 62, in __init__
     MenuTreeModelBuilder.__init__(self, filename,
 expandAddons=expandAddons)
   File "/data/home/mlennert/SRC/GRASS/grass_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-
 linux-gnu/gui/wxpython/core/menutree.py", line 66, in __init__
     expAddons(xmlTree)
   File "/data/home/mlennert/SRC/GRASS/grass_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-
 linux-gnu/gui/wxpython/core/toolboxes.py", line 346, in expandAddons
     _expandRuntimeModules(root, loadMetadata=True)
   File "/data/home/mlennert/SRC/GRASS/grass_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-
 linux-gnu/gui/wxpython/core/toolboxes.py", line 596, in
 _expandRuntimeModules
     desc, keywords = _loadMetadata(name)
   File "/data/home/mlennert/SRC/GRASS/grass_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-
 linux-gnu/gui/wxpython/core/toolboxes.py", line 631, in _loadMetadata
     e = _encode_string(e.value)
   File "/data/home/mlennert/SRC/GRASS/grass_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-
 linux-gnu/gui/wxpython/core/toolboxes.py", line 114, in _encode_string
     return EncodeString(string)
   File "/data/home/mlennert/SRC/GRASS/grass_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-
 linux-gnu/gui/wxpython/core/gcmd.py", line 92, in EncodeString
     return string.encode(_enc)
 UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 15:
 ordinal not in range(128)
 }}}

 We just cannot seem to get rid of these kinds of errors. I think this
 should be a top priority for work on the wxGUI in the near future as this
 is a severe usability issue for many people around the world.

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