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bug with Unicode interface characters outside [current] ANSI

Postby secarica » 24 Apr 2007 12:27

The new version 0.8.6b introduced a major bug related to interface strings containing Unicode characters, either not belonging to the current codepage or just pure Unicode characters not belonging to any ANSI (8 bit) codepage.

With version 0.8.6a everything was fine. The problem appeared with 0.8.6b. The system setting involved in this problem is the "Language for non-Unicode programs", which is a non-sense, as VLC IS an Unicode enabled program.
Because of this I am no longer able to use the updated Romanian language file (not yet published, I'm still working at it), becasue it uses the correct Romanian language characters U+0218 ... U+021B which are outside any ANSI (8 bit) codepage.

The problem can be put in evidence if I am switching the French language interface on my system which uses Romanian locale (including the "Language for non-Unicode programs" setting):

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And this is how my Romanian interface is now displayed:

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Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 24 Apr 2007 12:59

http://people.videolan.org/~jb/vlc2/vlc ... -win32.zip Should fix the problem. Can you confirm it ?
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Postby secarica » 24 Apr 2007 13:15

On my previously installed version which was downloaded from one of the locations specified here, the problem is with the file "libwxwidgets_plugin.dll". I replaced it with the one from version 0.8.6a and now the interface looks ok.

The build from http://people.videolan.org/~jb/vlc2/vlc ... -win32.zip works directly (as is).

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Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 24 Apr 2007 13:26

Thanks a lot. This will be corrected in the afternoon.
Can you test another exe ?
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Postby secarica » 24 Apr 2007 13:51

Yes, sure.
Is it possible to include also an updated Romanian language file ? It is this one here, which is far from over (I'm working on it), but has undegone a recent major revision and may be useful even in the actual state.

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Postby secarica » 24 Apr 2007 23:16

Can you test another exe ?
If the "another exe" is this one here http://people.videolan.org/~jb/vlc2/vlc ... -win32.zip then this is working fine (from this thread's perspective :)).

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Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 24 Apr 2007 23:46

Nope. Try the one on the main FTP
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Postby secarica » 25 Apr 2007 00:25

This one here ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc ... -win32.exe is also working fine ... and also the one from Endpoint Corporation (Sweden) mirror which is the same (binary comparison). However, the one from IRCAM (France) mirror is still the old version. Don't know about the rest.

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Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 25 Apr 2007 00:36

This one here ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc ... -win32.exe is also working fine ... and also the one from Endpoint Corporation (Sweden) mirror which is the same (binary comparison). However, the one from IRCAM (France) mirror is still the old version. Don't know about the rest.

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Exact. Thanks a lot!

But sorry. I couldn't update po files. and qt4 is not too much ahead...
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Postby secarica » 25 Apr 2007 08:59

But sorry. I couldn't update po files. and qt4 is not too much ahead...
Ok, no problem. Until then I hope I will be in a more advanced state with my translation.

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Re: bug with Unicode interface characters outside [current] ANSI

Postby crespowu » 29 Dec 2007 09:56

http://people.videolan.org/~jb/vlc2/vlc ... -win32.zip Should fix the problem
Yes,it did fix the problem.

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Re: bug with Unicode interface characters outside [current] ANSI

Postby secarica » 29 Dec 2007 11:57

Yes,it did fix the problem.
That was for version 0.8.6b. With version 0.8.6d the bug is back to life and lives well in the official release.

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Re: bug with Unicode interface characters outside [current] ANSI

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 31 Dec 2007 03:51

Sec: I will fix this when I am back from holidays.
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Re: bug with Unicode interface characters outside [current] ANSI

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 20 May 2008 16:03

0.8.6f should have it right.
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Re: bug with Unicode interface characters outside [current] ANSI

Postby secarica » 20 May 2008 16:37

I guess the previous message was a spam (just look at the other 4 messages from "Snow123", all are reproducing an existing message from the respective threads with no sense).

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Re: bug with Unicode interface characters outside [current] ANSI

Postby jordan9527 » 14 Jul 2008 13:13

I replaced it with the one from version 0.8.6a and now the interface looks ok.

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Postby -=alesandro=- » 20 Sep 2008 06:12

Thank you, Cristi ...
I installed and updated, all right ...

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