[Qgis-user] OpenLayer plugin problem under PC named wit Latin/special characters

[Giovanni Manghi]

> Dear all,
>
> Every computer that I tried to install OpenLayer plugin in which the
> computer?s name uses special characters like ? ? ? ? etc I got error. As
> many times one put its own name on the computers like JO?O, TI?O, JOS?,
> OpenLayer not work properly. I observed that this happens because
> Python-Qgis communication change ? ? etc for other strings, so the right
> path can?t be found.
> Any tips of how bypass this without format the windows and rename the
> machine?
>
> Best wishes


This is a known bug in qgis 1.8 and has been fixed in qgis 2.0

cheers

-- Giovanni --