Bug 192166

Summary:	Launching email from Krunner mungles encoding
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	axel.ece, dmit10, dominik.tritscher, kde-2011.08, tiposchi, tyrerj, yehielb
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.7.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	4.8.3
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Dotan Cohen 2009-05-09 21:11:02 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.2)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I have my contacts' names stored in Hebrew. When I type in the name of a contact into Krunner and select "send mail" the address of the contact is correct, however, the name of the contact has a question mark in place of each letter.

For instance, if I open Krunner and type "אייל גולן" and then click the option to send mail, this is the address in Kmail:
???? ???? <ayal.golan@gmail.com>

Comment 1 Dominik Tritscher 2009-05-24 10:51:48 UTC

I can confirm this following the example above and using KDE 4.2.3. If I select the mail adress from within kmail, everything is displayed correctly.

Comment 2 Dotan Cohen 2009-06-21 13:14:05 UTC

The issue persists in KDE 4.3 as well.

Comment 3 Salvo "LtWorf" Tomaselli 2009-06-25 18:48:02 UTC

Having the same problem. It's not a kmail bug because selecting the recip in kmail doesn't generate the same problem.

Comment 4 Dotan Cohen 2009-08-16 13:04:15 UTC

> Having the same problem. It's not a kmail bug
> because selecting the recip in kmail doesn't
> generate the same problem.

Additionally, if one configures a different default email client (Thunderbird for instance) the bug still occurs. So this is a krunner issue, not a Kmail issue.

Comment 5 James Richard Tyrer 2009-08-26 21:17:13 UTC

This could be an encoding issue.  Are you using UTF-8 for the non-Latin characters?

Has anyone had the same problem with Spanish and German special glyphs?

Comment 6 Dotan Cohen 2009-08-26 21:37:41 UTC

> Are you using UTF-8 for the non-Latin
> characters?

Yes.


> Has anyone had the same problem with
> Spanish and German special glyphs?

If you post some names with examples, I will create dummy contacts and check here.

Comment 7 Dominik Tritscher 2009-08-26 22:13:29 UTC

I use UTF8 and have some names in my address book containing german special glyphs ("Umlaut").
The example i checked:
- surname "Kühn" entered in KRunner
- selected the "write email" entry in the results
- the then launched kmail message window contains an address line with the mail address and the firstname, as well as a additional "To:" field containing "=?utf-8?q?K=EF=BF=BDhn?=" (the surname)

Comment 8 Dotan Cohen 2009-08-27 11:10:25 UTC

I made a new contact named "Kühn" with a dummy email address. Pasting "Kühn" into krunning showed the name just fine, but the email in Kmail is addressed to "K�hn".

Comment 9 Alexis Ntounas 2010-05-17 19:16:24 UTC

This problem still exists in KDE SC 4.4.3 (Archlinux).

I have my contact names in Greek and when I press Mail to I get ????? ???? as name.

Comment 10 Dmitry 2010-08-03 22:26:47 UTC

I have the same problem. Debian squeeze, kde 4.4.4.

Comment 11 Dj YB 2012-05-25 14:59:27 UTC

I have the same problem (hebrew contacts) , Fedora 15 KDE 4.6.5
Thanks.

Comment 12 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-05-26 00:58:20 UTC

Is this still valid with KDE 4.8.3 or trunk?

Comment 13 Dotan Cohen 2012-05-27 09:17:43 UTC

I can confirm that the issue is still valid in KDE 4.7.4.

Comment 14 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-05-27 10:12:44 UTC

Thank you for the information, Dotan, but  to repeat my question: anyone who has KDE 4.8.3 who can confirm this?

Comment 15 Alexis Ntounas 2012-05-27 12:41:37 UTC

I don't have this problem any more with KDE 4.8.3 (Archlinux).

Comment 16 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-05-27 16:45:14 UTC

Thank you, Alexis, closing then.