https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496215
Bug ID: 496215
Summary: Add support or a warning system for UTF16 encoding
Classification: Applications
Product: LabPlot2
Version: 2.11.1
Platform: Manjaro
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: backend
Assignee: alexander.se...@web.de
Reporter: evanghelli...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I tried to import a CSV file but the app refused to see it. Passing the file
through LibreOffice Calc and copy/pasting the data led to text columns and
trying to convert to numerical crashed the app. I then tried to read the same
file in a Python script and that's when I realized that it was encoded in
UTF-16. Opening with Kate and saving as UTF-8 solved all the issues.
The file in question was either generated as such by a scientific instrument's
software (it's spectrometer data), or it was passed through Microsoft Office
and somehow ended up with UTF-16. Either way, I think it's possibly a common
occurrence and potential source of frustration for scientists who aren't very
code savvy and have to work in a Microsoft/Origin dominated ecosystem.
It would be nice to have at least a more verbose error message, if not full
support for files with such weird encodings.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Import or copy/paste from CSV file with UTF16 encoding.
OBSERVED RESULT
Either failure to load data with "File does not exist" error, or loading
gibberish data that cannot be converted or parsed further without crashing the
app.
EXPECTED RESULT
Error message pointing out incompatible encoding or support for said encoding.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version:
KDE Frameworks Version:
Qt Version:
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