I made the following quick changes: UnixEnvironment>>#environAt: index ^ (self environ at: index) ifNotNil: [ :string | string asByteArray utf8Decoded ] OSPlatform>>#currentWorkingDirectoryPathWithBuffer: aByteString <primitive: 'primitiveGetCurrentWorkingDirectory' module: '' error: ec> ^ (self getPwdViaFFI: aByteString size: aByteString size) ifNotNil: [ :string | string asByteArray utf8Decoded ] ifNil:[ self error:'Insufficient buffer size to read current working directory: ' , aByteString size asString] But actually almost any string coming from the VM seems wrong (i.e. should be further UTF-8 decoded): SmalltalkImage>>#[prim]ImagePath and #vmFileName basically probably every call VirtualMachine>>#getSystemAttribute: what a mess ...

On 25 May 2018, at 10:49, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:

We looked at this before, but came to no conclusion.

The problem lies with OS environment variable decoding.

I created a 64-bit Pharo 7 in /tmp/été on macOS.

FileLocator imageDirectory resolve. "File @ /private/tmp/été"

Smalltalk os environment at: 'PWD'. "'/tmp/été'"

(Smalltalk os environment at: 'PWD') asByteArray utf8Decoded. "'/tmp/été'"

Smalltalk os environment asDictionary.

FileBrowser works OK too but starts up with a wrong window title.

I believe the real issue is that we are not 100% sure that it is always UTF8 on all platforms all the time (i.e. apparently users can put their (Windows) OS in a different encoding).

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On 25 May 2018, at 10:28, Hilaire <hilaire@drgeo.eu> wrote:

I second you on this issue. Something went wrong in the encoding in the path in your window title. Ã smells like UTF-8 issue.

Looks like Pharo7 still has some issue(s) when handling UTF-8 characters used in modern Operating System filling system.

Another example of this problem, with DrGeo copied in a path with UTF-8 characters, for example Été folder. When DrGeo is started, Pharo creates a folder Été where it creates some locale/ folder

I see this problem on ubtuntu 17.10 and Mac OSX at my school.

We have this problem for years, I was believing it was fixed, but apparently not.

Hilaire

Le 25/05/2018 à 04:09, peter yoo a écrit :

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so.. application location include korean charactor then broken title string in pharo window. (of course ubuntu 18.04 with gnome env)

broken title is "바탕화면". it's ok? or where to report?

look a attached file please.

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