Sorry wrong list! Could this be deleted in any way? -Lauri
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Lauri Kajan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to figure out some encoding problems when using custom python > expression functions. > > I'm using python functions for defining some label texts. I need use some > special characters like ä and ö. > > When a new file is created in function editor the file is encoded in my > system encoding cp1252. At least the ä is coded to 0xe4 if I check that > with hex-editor. > Let the custom function just be > @qgsfunction(args='auto', group='Custom') > def encodingtest(feature, parent): > return 'ä' > > This displays on a map like 'ä' > It seems that the file is converted to utf-8 before execution and the ä is > then coded to 0xc3 0xa4. Now QGIS still tries to interpret this as cp1252 > and then displays this as 'ä'. > > It doesn't help to define the ä as unicode like u'ä' because QGIS still > sees the ä as 0xc3 0xa4 and think that it is in cp1252. > > The only way to resolve this in the code at least that I have found is to > use > return 'ä'.decode('utf-8') > This works on QGIS but the file can't be executed elsewhere (IDE) since > the file is truly in cp1252 and 0xe4 can't be decoded using utf-8. > > > Does anyone else confirm this and have I understood right the problem? > Should I file a bug report? > > > Thanks, > > -Lauri >
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