Bug report #20556
processing doesn't output a shapefile's encoding
| Status: | Feedback | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | Processing/Core | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | 3.5(master) | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Microsoft Windows (any) | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 28376 |
Description
The tools in "processing", like "split vector layer" don't write any information about encoding of shapefiles.
Postprocessing the files is very hard because you either have to know where they come from and which charset they might be in.
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History
#1
Updated by Tobias Wendorff over 5 years ago
- Subject changed from processing doesn't output encoding for shapefiles to processing doesn't tell about shapefile's encoding
#2
Updated by Tobias Wendorff over 5 years ago
- Subject changed from processing doesn't tell about shapefile's encoding to processing doesn't tell output shapefile's encoding
#3
Updated by Tobias Wendorff over 5 years ago
- Subject changed from processing doesn't tell output shapefile's encoding to processing doesn't output a shapefile's encoding
#4
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 5 years ago
- Category changed from Unknown to Processing/Core
- Status changed from Open to Feedback
If I'm not wrong this is change compared to 2.18, correct?
#5
Updated by Alexander Bruy over 5 years ago
- Related to Bug report #20614: Problem with encoding when using GRASS (v.generalize) through QGIS added
#6
Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 5 years ago
Just made a test on 3.6 and seems good to me. Please check again.