it seems that this is a bug (or missing feature) of Emacs on MS Windows: see http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=15236
Did noone else using Emacs on Windows encounter those problems? Kind regards Martin > Datum: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:42:59 +0200 (CEST) > An: emacs orgmode-mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> > Betreff: [O] Problem with special characters in dired and attachment paths > > I'm having problems with special characters like äöü in dired mode and in > attachment paths: > > 1) When I'm trying to access a directory with M-x dired, the displayed path > contains strange characters like e.g. "\374" for "ü" or "\366" for "ö". > Same is true for directory and file listings displayed by dired. > > Is there a setting which can make dired display the characters with the > correct encoding? > > 2) my other problem seems to be related: > I currently added a long server path as attachment directory in org-mode, like > //servername/dir1/dir2/dir2/dir4/etcetera/Zubehör/ > (I usually copy the UNC path in Windows 7 Explorer with the PathCopy context > menu) > > The path is shown like that in :ATTACH_DIR: in the properties with the "ö" > correctly displayed. > When I type C-c C-a C-f to open the directory in Windows Explorer, it creates > a new directory at the same path called Zubehör which is opened instead of > the right one. > > How can I solve those 2 problems? > > Kind regards > > Martin > >
