I think a note in the docs would be sufficient. It's nice that you can use independent encodings for syntax/output
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@cs.stanford.edu> wrote: > Well, I solved the problem for you, but it's still terrifically confusing > and in the long run we need some better approach, so I'll try to keep > thinking about it. > On Apr 9, 2014 8:42 PM, "Kees Varekamp" <k...@mroffice.org> wrote: > >> You are completely right - it looks fine now! >> >> Awesome, thanks. >> >> Kees >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@cs.stanford.edu> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 09:09:28PM +1200, Kees Varekamp wrote: >>> > I am trying to run a utf-8 syntax script in PSPP 0.8.2 on win7 64bit, >>> but I >>> > think there is a problem when I run the a syntax file from the command >>> line: >>> > --syntax-encoding as a start param does not seem to work: >>> > >>> > I have tried: >>> > "C:\Program Files\PSPP\bin\pspp.exe" file.sps -b -o >>> > log.txt--syntax-encoding=UTF-8 >>> > "C:\Program Files\PSPP\bin\pspp.exe" file.sps -b -o >>> > log.txt--syntax-encoding=utf-8 >>> > "C:\Program Files\PSPP\bin\pspp.exe" file.sps -b -o >>> > log.txt--syntax-encoding=UTF8 >>> > "C:\Program Files\PSPP\bin\pspp.exe" file.sps -b -o >>> > log.txt--syntax-encoding="UTF-8 >>> > " >>> > "C:\Program Files\PSPP\bin\pspp.exe" --syntax-encoding="UTF-8" >>> file.sps -b >>> > -o log.txt >>> > >>> > All with no success - my Thai characters get garbled. However, when I >>> load >>> > the script through the gui (and select UTF-8 from the dialog) it works >>> > perfectly. So I think this command line param just doesn't work. >>> >>> The encoding of a syntax file is independent of the encoding of the >>> active file. --syntax-encoding controls the former. "SET LOCALE" >>> controls the latter. If you add "SET LOCALE='utf-8'" to the top of your >>> syntax file, it ought to work as expected. (Both encodings default to >>> the system locale, so switching to a UTF-8 locale should also work.) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kees Varekamp >> *MROffice Director* >> 44 Castleford street, 0604, Auckland, New Zealand >> Phone: +6492821656 >> Skype: kees.mroffice >> Web: mro <http://mro-global.com>ffice.org >> >> *MROffice - Meeting Market Research Needs* >> > -- Kees Varekamp *MROffice Director* 44 Castleford street, 0604, Auckland, New Zealand Phone: +6492821656 Skype: kees.mroffice Web: mro <http://mro-global.com>ffice.org *MROffice - Meeting Market Research Needs*
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