Bug 359991

Summary:	Windows files with non ASCII-characters (umlauts) cannot be opened
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Max Schettler <max.schettler>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugseforuns, mail, max.schettler
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Max Schettler 2016-03-02 12:32:26 UTC

Dolphin appears not to be able to open files that are created on Windows and contain umlauts (e.g. ä, ö, ü). The files will be displayed with a question mark symbol in the filename, but opening them creates an error message that the folder/file does not exist.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a file with an umlaut:
touch test-file-$'\374'
2. Open dolphin, navigate to the directory containing the test-file
3. Open the file

Actual Results:  
Error message:
"Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder /path/test-file-� does not exist."

Expected Results:  
Dolphin opens the file.

Comment 1 Julian Steinmann 2018-04-19 16:30:58 UTC

Confirmed with Dolphin 17.12.3, but this could also be a KIO bug as Dolphin itself does not really deal with the opening of the file.

Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2018-04-20 11:48:48 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 204768 ***