Filenames again

Kenji Kojima index at kenjikojima.com
Wed Jan 16 15:51:36 EST 2008


Hi Mark,

This is the way you can get Japanese filenames.

put "cd ~/Desktop" &cr& "ls" into tScript
set the unicodeText of fld 1 to uniencode(shell(tScript),utf8)

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Kenji Kojima
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On Jan 16, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Mark Smith wrote:

> You're probably right, but my English system is having to deal with  
> a non-english file, and Rev is failing miserably, though the finder  
> and other apps seem to be ok with it....
>
> Sadly, it seems lke I can't even get round it using shell commands,  
> since Rev also fails to cope with the type of UTF-8 that the OS uses  
> (combining diacriticals).... :(
>
> Best,
>
> Mark
>
> On 16 Jan 2008, at 19:50, Randall Lee Reetz wrote:
>
>> I am waiting for heavier geeks to weigh in here... but isn't it  
>> that the localization of the OS (which language you signed in as)  
>> what makes the File System char set aware?
>>
>> Randall
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Mark Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Andre, I think that's my only hope...much as I really hate  
>>> Applescript!
>>> It does seem incredible that Revolution just can't do it.
>>> How do people in Japan and Russia deal with it? Maybe they just  
>>> don't use Revoluton. :(
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On 16 Jan 2008, at 17:52, Andre Garzia wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is this an application just for you, or you plan to distribute it ?
>>>>
>>>> If it's just for you, then, you can try to hack your file access  
>>>> using
>>>> AppleScript, maybe it has a better unicode support.
>>>>
>>>> Andre
>>>>
>>>> On 1/16/08, Mark Smith <mark at maseurope.net> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all, I'm once again trying to deal with unicode and filenames
>>>>> again...
>>>>>
>>>>> This is on OS X.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I have a file that has a Japanese name:  "音楽ファイル
>>>>> を.mp3" (I wonder if that'll come out ok in everyone's  
>>>>> mail!), it
>>>>> seems to be the case that this file effectively does not exist  
>>>>> in any
>>>>> useful way for Revolution. It is not listed in 'the files', it's  
>>>>> name
>>>>> is omitted from 'the detailed files', it can't be opened, copied  
>>>>> or
>>>>> renamed. The finder seems to have no problem with it. Can anyone
>>>>> confirm this so I can abandon my current project before I've  
>>>>> torn all
>>>>> of my hair out?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
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