GNU bug report logs - #15236
24.3.50; Save file with Unicode chars in name on MS Windows replaces chars by SPCs

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Packages: emacs, w32;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 17:13:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 7100, 12807

Found in versions 24.0.50, 24.2, 24.3.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 15236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 15236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, control <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15236: 24.3.50;
 Save file with Unicode chars in name on MS Windows replaces chars
 by	SPCs
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:03:10 +0300

merge 15236 7100
thanks

> Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 10:11:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> This might be a duplicate of #7100 and #12807 - I cannot tell.

It is.

> Whether the same bug or not, it seems like this kind of bug should be a
> priority in 2013, not relegated to the wishlist since 2010.  Is it
> possible that Emacs on MS Windows still cannot save files with Unicode
> chars in the name?  Am I missing something?  Is this a Windows
> limitation in general, perhaps?

It's not a Windows limitation, it's an Emacs limitation on Windows.

Patches are still welcome to support file names with characters
outside of the current ANSI codepage.
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 165 days ago.

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