Re: UTF-8 characters in filenames with Lilypond 2.23

[David F .]

> On May 21, 2022, at 5:01 PM, Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
> 
> Le 21/05/2022 à 23:20, David F. a écrit :
>> System: Intel-based macOS
>> 
>> I make extensive use of UTF-8 characters in the filenames of my Lilypond 
>> files.  This works in Lilypond up through version 2.22.  But Lilypond 2.23 
>> cannot handle UTF-8 characters in filenames.
>> 
>> Filename: tést.ly
>> ====
>> \version "2.22"
>> 
>> { c' }
>> ====
>> 
>> Under v2.22, this file complies without problem.  With 2.23 (including the 
>> just release 2.23.9) I get the following error:
>> 
>> Starting lilypond 2.23.9 [tést.ly]...
>> warning: cannot find file: `/Users/david/Projects/Lily Scratch/te??st.ly'
>> fatal error: failed files: "/Users/david/Projects/Lily Scratch/te??st.ly"
>> Exited with return code 1.
>> 
>> I thought that this problem had already been reported, but I can’t find any 
>> mention of it now.  So I’m reporting it.
>> 
>> David F.
> 
> 
> This is actually not an issue with LilyPond, but with Frescobaldi,
> when you have "run LilyPond with English messages" enabled in the
> Preferences. This problem is known for some time already, but
> I didn't see an issue in the Frescobaldi tracker, so I just
> opened one:
> 
> https://github.com/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/issues/1438
> 
> The workaround is to uncheck "Run LilyPond with English messages"
> in Edit > Preferences > LilyPond Preferences.
> 
> Best,
> Jean
> 

No, I get the same error running lilypond from the command line:

$ lilypond --png tést.ly 
GNU LilyPond 2.23.9 (running Guile 2.2)
warning: cannot find file: `t??st.ly'
fatal error: failed files: "t??st.ly”

David F.