Bug 352040

Summary:	names for faces do not take non-ASCII characters
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Nicholas Alexander <nicholas.v.alexander>
Component:	Faces-Workflow	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.12.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	4.13.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Nicholas Alexander 2015-08-30 23:09:03 UTC

My name is Lucian Șandor. Whenever I type that under a ace and press ENTER, the name is saved as "Lucian andor". The non-ASCII character vanishes.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter name editor under a face.
2. Type a name containing non-ASCII characters.
3. Press ENTER.

Actual Results:  
Only the ASCII characters are saved.

Expected Results:  
The name should be saved as typed.

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2015-08-31 07:04:55 UTC

Not reproducible here :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/digikam/21016060062/in/dateposted-public/.

Did you have a full UTF8 compatible Linux system, properly configured with right LOCALE settings ?

Gilles Caulier

Comment 2 Nicholas Alexander 2015-08-31 14:53:10 UTC

The system is Ubuntu Vivid, so I doubt there are may more modern options.
The LOCALE is set for en_US.UTF-8. That includes Ș. I can type Ș anywhere, including Terminal and Krusader, and it always worked.
I am confused now. Are my settings wrong, or is this a bug? Please let me know if there is any missing information.

Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2015-08-31 15:35:45 UTC

It's clear, it's not a bug. source code use QString container everywhere which is UF8 based. Database use UTF8 to store string. It's not a digiKam bug sure...

My system is Linux Mageia5. There is nothing special about characters encoding settings.

Gilles Caulier