Lin Files - French comments - UTF8 re-encoded

[Erkson]

I notice a problem with comments in French in the *.lin files.

French special characters (é è à ô ç etc...) are twice UTF8 encoded instead of once.

 

The cause : the comment is encoded in UTF8 once. Good.

Then down in the process the UTF8 text is taken as an ASCII text and encoded in UTF8 !

 

This double-encoded UTF8 is, of course, unreadable.

 

a sample :

é in UTF8 is $C3A9

instead the .lin files has : $C383C2A9

that is exactly UTF8 encoding of $C3 + UTF8 encoding of $A9.

(same problem with ü, ö etc... in other languages).

 

another one :

’ = UTF8 $E28099

the .lin files has : $C3A2C280C299 !!!

look in BB-QF1-FRANCE-CHINA 2017 at :

choisissent l’équipe qu’ils

instead of choisissent l’équipe qu’ils...

 

and a wink at Walddk2 in BB-QF1-SWEDEN-USA2.lin :

his reference to his Häxen has been converted in Häxan...

[diana_eva]

Thanks, we'll have our techs check.

[Erkson]

Thanks, we'll have our techs check.

 

Fine, diana_eva.

 

In the meanwhile I wrote a program to correct all the 2017 WBTC which have the problem. Just for the fun, and the pleasure to read French comments cleared from things like

Peut-être en raison dâun mauvais souvenir en 2016 à Wroclaw a-t-on préféré éviter la Nouvelle Zélande.|pg||

Le commentaire de Bas, notre efficace opérateurnsuggère que Thomas voulait une revenche|pg||

 

:-)