GNU bug report logs - #78290
dired-view-file not ready for non-ASCII subfile names

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Message #15 received at 78290-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 78290-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78290: dired-view-file not ready for non-ASCII subfile names
Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 21:53:47 +0300

> Cc: 78290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 15:22:35 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Emacs' arc-mode.el currently doesn't support the Unicode Path Extra
> Field extension of the ZIP format, so we can only display the file
> name in the "DOS-compatible file name" field, which filters out
> characters which codepage 437 couldn't encode.  That's what you see.
> 
> Patches welcome to add support for this feature.

It turned out this was easy to add, so I've now done so on the master
branch.  This problem will therefore be solved in Emacs 31.

I'm closing the bug.

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