[Qgis-user] problems with dbf encoding in Chugiak

[Borys Jurgiel]

For me it looks good, but I don't speak Spanish so please take a look at the 
screen shot and confirm: http://tmp.borysjurgiel.pl/cp1252.png

Also please note the "Ignore shapefile encoding" checkbox in QGIS settings.

If it's enabled, you can (and you need to) select the proper encoding when 
opening the layer. You can also change it in layer properties. As the declared 
encoding is ignored, changes made by Shapefile Encoding Fixer don't take any 
effect.

If the checkbox is disabled, the autodetection is active, so you can't 
manually select encoding (if I remember correctly, the list in the "open 
layer" window is ignored, the one in layer properties is disabled). Instead, 
you can use the Shapefile Encoding Fixer to control the encoding declaration.

So in short, they are two opposite modes.

Best regards,
Borys


Dnia piątek, 1 sierpnia 2014 08:55:40 William Kyngesburye pisze:
> I've also noticed problems with shapefile encodings, though it seemed
> random.  Maybe it's just a general problem of QGIS ignoring the cpg file. 
> To work around it, set the encoding in the layer properties after adding it
> to QGIS.
> On Aug 1, 2014, at 3:29 AM, Agustin Diez-Castillo <gvsig.mac at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm having problems to see the correct encoding of this file [1]. To the
> > best of my understanding the original encoding is 1252 and this works in
> > LibreOffice or other gis programs, however trying to read it in Qgis
> > gives always the wrong result (spanish characters missed). I've try the
> > fix dbf encoder plugin adding the cpg file but with no success. I'm on
> > mac running Kyngchaos version.
> > Can somebody test the attached file and see what's going on?
> > Thanks
> > 
> > [1] https://www.dropbox.com/s/zeh5vdx8b2g1lxb/BCN200_0301L_RIO.zip
> > 
> > QGIS version2.4.0-ChugiakQGIS code revisionCompiled against Qt4.8.6Running
> > against Qt4.8.6Compiled against GDAL/OGR1.11.0Running against
> > GDAL/OGR1.11.0Compiled against GEOS3.4.2-CAPI-1.8.2Running against
> > GEOS3.4.2-CAPI-1.8.2 r3921PostgreSQL Client Version9.3.4SpatiaLite
> > Version4.1.1QWT Version6.0.2PROJ.4 Version480QScintilla2 Version2.8.1
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