Thanks for the feedback, but please do remember to copy the list on all replies.
Regards, John Ralls > On Sep 30, 2026, at 01:07, mlmki <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > Well done, the fix is working as expected. > > Regards, > Martin > > Am 30.09.2026 um 00:48 Uhr schrieb John Ralls: >> I think I've fixed this by changing the Windows currency symbol (and a bunch >> of other localization strings) as UTF16 and converting them to UTF8. This >> bypasses the whole codepage problem. >> >> The fix will be in Tomorrow's nightly build at >> https://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/stable. It should be ready sometime >> around 2026-09-30 08:00 UTC and will be named something like >> gnucash-5.17-2026-09-29-git-5.17-2-g56ccad9a66+.setup.exe. Please install >> and test. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Sep 29, 2026, at 2:23 PM, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> This has been reported as https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799821. >>> You need a Bugzilla account to view it. The problem is due to a change in >>> Windows character set handling in order to accommodate installation paths >>> with non-ASCII characters. I’m working on a fix. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Sep 29, 2026, at 5:34 AM, mlmki <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> *Version / platform:* GnuCash 5.17 (updated from 5.16 on 2026-09-28), >>>> Windows 11 Pro, German locale (de-DE) >>>> >>>> *Description:* >>>> Since updating from 5.16 to 5.17, the euro sign (€) is displayed >>>> incorrectly. Instead of "€", three separate characters are shown: "â", a >>>> control character (U+0082, rendered as a hex box) and "¬". These are the >>>> UTF-8 bytes of € (E2 82 AC) interpreted as Latin-1/Windows-1252. Example >>>> in the account tree: "0,00 â¬" instead of "0,00 €". >>>> >>>> *Where it occurs:* >>>> >>>> * Account tree (all balance columns) >>>> * Currency list (Tools → Security Editor, "Show currencies" enabled): >>>> the symbol for EUR is wrong, while other currencies with special >>>> characters (e.g. FK£) are displayed correctly >>>> * Not affected: the euro sign is displayed correctly when entering text >>>> >>>> *Settings:* >>>> Default currency preference is set to EUR. >>>> >>>> *Already tried (no effect):* >>>> >>>> * Creating a brand-new empty book: the same wrong symbol appears, so >>>> this is not caused by the data file or user data >>>> >>>> *Expected behavior:* >>>> "€" is displayed correctly everywhere, as in 5.16. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>> ----- >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
