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Celeblin · 06-28-2009, 06:53 AM

Hi all,

I use Archlinux 64bit version with the 32bit libs installed, and I installed calibre using

Code:

sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_linux_binary_installer').read(); main()"

with no problem. Then, I launch the application and loads fine, even with the GUI in my language (Spanish), but when I click in "add books" I see that the folder names are with extrange characters, and when I type in the search box it doesn't recognize some ones, appearing wrong.

For example if I type "año" , its showing "aÃ±o".

The GUI, books names and description, and reading them, show that characters with no problem. And I can write those characters in another app (gedit for example) and paste it in calibre, showing them with no problem too.

edit: I forgot to mention that launching calibre by console gives me:

Code:

[cel@cel-laptop ~]$ calibre
QIconvCodec::convertFromUnicode: using ASCII for conversion, iconv_open failed
QIconvCodec::convertToUnicode: using ASCII for conversion, iconv_open failed
link  hasn't been detected!
link  hasn't been detected!

Can somebody tell me what do I do wrong?

Thanks and sorry for my english.

06-28-2009, 06:53 AM	#1
Celeblin Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Non-english characters input problem Hi all, I use Archlinux 64bit version with the 32bit libs installed, and I installed calibre using Code: sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_linux_binary_installer').read(); main()" with no problem. Then, I launch the application and loads fine, even with the GUI in my language (Spanish), but when I click in "add books" I see that the folder names are with extrange characters, and when I type in the search box it doesn't recognize some ones, appearing wrong. For example if I type "año" , its showing "aÃ±o". The GUI, books names and description, and reading them, show that characters with no problem. And I can write those characters in another app (gedit for example) and paste it in calibre, showing them with no problem too. edit: I forgot to mention that launching calibre by console gives me: Code: [cel@cel-laptop ~]$ calibre QIconvCodec::convertFromUnicode: using ASCII for conversion, iconv_open failed QIconvCodec::convertToUnicode: using ASCII for conversion, iconv_open failed link hasn't been detected! link hasn't been detected! Can somebody tell me what do I do wrong? Thanks and sorry for my english. Last edited by Celeblin; 06-28-2009 at 07:04 AM.