Unicode in file names

[JohnM]

Hi All,

Does anyone know of which circumstances XY will shorten a file name in the FV and replace the trailing section with an elipsis?

I ask because I have a file name which contains what I think is unicode character and the name has been shortened. Renaming the file to remove the unicode character causes XY to display the full name. The status bar always displays the full name.
Can anyone repro this?

Cheers
John

[binocular222]

Can you post the full name (with Unicode) here?

[admin]

Please hold CTRL, then right-click the filename and select "Show Character Table". Post the results here.

[JohnM]

Here is a shot of the character table.

@binocular222 the full name is in the shot.

[highend]

The first "char" contains a linebreak. That's probably the reason for your problem.

[admin]

Tried it, no problem with that char. I'd say the column is simply too narrow. Make it wider.

[JohnM]

The first "char" contains a linebreak. That's probably the reason for your problem.

I understand. I was curious as to why XY was displaying the name like that.

Tried it, no problem with that char. I'd say the column is simply too narrow. Make it wider.

Made the column wider, no difference, see screenshot.

[PeterH]

Just for interest: can someone explain the first line of the Table, i.e. the 2 mostright columns? As utf8 seems to show 2 (or 3?) chars, and utf8hex shows 6 bytes? Or how must I read it?

[admin]

Just for interest: can someone explain the first line of the Table, i.e. the 2 mostright columns? As utf8 seems to show 2 (or 3?) chars, and utf8hex shows 6 bytes? Or how must I read it?

utf8: It's each character as it would be written in UTF8.
utf8hex: since some utf8 characters might not be printable in each font, here's the bytes converted to hex.

[admin]

@JohnM: Which font are you using in the file list?

The first "char" contains a linebreak. That's probably the reason for your problem.

I understand. I was curious as to why XY was displaying the name like that.

BTW, this is not a linebreak but just the "paragraph" character (aka pilcrow), and it only appears in the UTF8 encoding of the filename which has nothing to do with how it is rendered in the file list.

[bdeshi]

Well, I see no problem.

charhidetest.png

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[admin]

OK, I was on the right track: Bug confirmed for font "Microsoft Sans Serif 9". I don't think I can fix that. It's either a bug of the font, or of the font related API.

[admin]

PS: found a way to work around.

[JohnM]

@JohnM: Which font are you using in the file list?

I am using Tahoma.
Just updated to 15.00.0510 beta and it looks like your work around has done the trick. Thanks very much.

[rpnfan]

I have the same problem. I can not rename a file name like:

asdf_3°_jklö.txt

Is this a general problem that XY can not handle those file names, while the Explorer can?

Best regards