Re: UTF-8 characters in filenames with Lilypond 2.23

[David F.]

> On May 25, 2022, at 11:21 AM, Jonas Hahnfeld <hahnjo@hahnjo.de> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 2022-05-21 at 15:20 -0600, David F. wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I can indeed reproduce this on macOS, which I think is the critical
> piece of information here. It would just be too boring if all operating
> systems agreed on how to handle filenames with special characters... In
> this case, it might also have to do with the file system because if I
> do 'ls', I also get question marks (but this might also be because I'm
> ssh-ing from Linux...)
> 
> Jonas

Thanks for looking into this Jonas.  As I said in my original message Lilypond 
up to v2.22 handles UTF characters just fine.

David F.