Thread: [Gpsbabel-code] Bug when converting .ov2 files that contains international characters
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From: Casper B. A. <Ca...@pr...> - 2008-09-20 21:58:13
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City Hoteller.ov2
City Hoteller.gpx
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HI! This message, just to inform of a bug. I am using version 1.3.5 and 1.3.6 beta on Mac OS 10.5.4 I get the bug when converting .ov2 files containing the danish characters æ, ø and å They all turn into $ Here the files: |
From: Olaf K. <o.b...@pr...> - 2008-09-20 22:44:17
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Hi Casper, > HI! > > This message, just to inform of a bug. > I am using version 1.3.5 and 1.3.6 beta on Mac OS 10.5.4 > > I get the bug when converting .ov2 files containing the danish > characters æ, ø and å > They all turn into $ By default the "tomtom" character set is pure ASCII. So your special characters are converted to a simple placeholder "$". I don't know the Mac-GUI, but, if you are working on the command line, you can change the character set with the "-c" option. foo> gpsbabel -c ms-ansi -i tomtom -f anfile.ov2 .... With < gpsbabel -l > you'll get the full list of supported character sets. Mit freundlichem Gruss/Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards O.K. |
From: Robert L. <rob...@gm...> - 2008-09-22 00:35:36
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On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Olaf Klein <o.b...@pr...> wrote: > Hi Casper, > > This message, just to inform of a bug. > > I am using version 1.3.5 and 1.3.6 beta on Mac OS 10.5.4 > > > > I get the bug when converting .ov2 files containing the danish > > characters æ, ø and å > > They all turn into $ > > By default the "tomtom" character set is pure ASCII. So your special > Perhaps they shouldn't be. If they're actually MS-ANSI, we should change that last line, right, Olaf? RJL > characters are converted to a simple placeholder "$". I don't know the > Mac-GUI, but, if you are working on the command line, you can change the > character set with the "-c" option. > > foo> gpsbabel -c ms-ansi -i tomtom -f anfile.ov2 .... > > With < gpsbabel -l > you'll get the full list of supported character sets. > > Mit freundlichem Gruss/Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards > O.K. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Gpsbabel-code mailing list http://www.gpsbabel.org > Gps...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gpsbabel-code > |