Re: [poedit-users] Character encoding issue

Vaclav Slavik skreiv:
> FWIW, none of the posts on this topic ever showed any evidence of actual
> problem with the .po files Poedit creates (such as a Poedit-caused
> mismatch between the encoding claimed in file's headers and the one
> really used -- now that would be a serious bug).

OK, I've researched the problem a bit more. This is what happens, as 
exact as I'm able to describe it:

1. Open poedit.

2. File->New Catalog, with these settings:
Project name: feilbeh
Language: Norwegian Nynorsk
Country: Norway
Encoding: utf-8
Encoding sourcecode: utf-8
Path: [Path to sourcecode] (no root folder)
Save as: [Path to sourcecode]/locale/LC_MESSAGES/default.po

3. Open in GEdit, and "æ", "ø", "å" works fine.

This made me question what I did differently when the bug (wherever it 
may reside) appeared. So I did the same steps, but this time I named the 
file "messages.po" instead of "default.po", as I did the first time the 
abnormality showed up.

1. Open poedit.

2. File->New Catalog, with these settings:
Project name: feilbeh
Language: Norwegian Nynorsk
Country: Norway
Encoding: utf-8
Encoding sourcecode: utf-8
Path: [Path to sourcecode] (no root folder)
Save as: [Path to sourcecode]/locale/LC_MESSAGES/default.po

3. Open in GEdit, and "æ", "ø", "å" turns into "Ê", "Þ", "Ã¥", 
respectively. These characters are also what shows up on the website 
when using the corresponding .mo file.

Now, I try and repeat the process, saving as "fanden.po". Now "æ", "ø", 
"å" also shows up correctly in gedit.

Technical details of setup:
Poedit version: 1.4.2
Operating System (or "Linux" distro, if you will): Mandriva 2009.0, 
kernel 2.6.27.5-desktop586-2mnb

Is this sufficiently detailed?

I have not considered what happened when I opened and saved the 
messages.po file on Ubuntu, cause I don't have that machine here and 
now. However, I'm quite certain that this was what happened, and I can 
confirm this once I get home today.

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