[Gtk2-perl-bugs] [Bug 577241] New: Gtk2::FileChooser get_filename() returning byte string

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           Summary: Gtk2::FileChooser get_filename() returning byte string
           Product: gnome-perl
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: Gtk2
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     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


As noted on the mailing list a little while ago, it looks like
Gtk2::FileChooser::get_filename() should return a byte string rather than treat
it as utf8.

The prototype for gtk_file_chooser_get_filename() has gchar*, but under the
heading "Important" in the docs
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/GtkFileChooser.html#GtkFileChooser.description
it's described as ready to pass to open() and not suitable to put in a
GtkLabel.

That seems to be how the code is too.  In the foo.pl below clicking on the
latin-1 y-diaeresis file in the selection list gets an error

    Malformed UTF-8 character (overflow at 0x40000036, byte 0x17, after start
byte 0xff) in subroutine entry at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/Data/Dumper.pm line 190.

and some printfs show it's a raw 0xFF byte.

The only concern might be that when you enter a name in the entry box and press
return, in that case get_filename returns utf8.  Presumably that's a gtk bug.

The same applies to the multi-select gtk_file_chooser_get_filenames().


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