Ruby spreadsheet german umlaute

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1

Hi!

I'm having a problem with ruby's spreadsheet gem.
while
book = Spreadsheet.open 'aou/a.xls'
works,
book = Spreadsheet.open 'äöü/a.xls'
does not (both paths exist).

is there a solution?

regards!

2

Hi!

I'm having a problem with ruby's spreadsheet gem.
while
book = Spreadsheet.open 'aou/a.xls'
works,
book = Spreadsheet.open 'äöü/a.xls'
does not (both paths exist).

is there a solution?

regards!

Hi,

Are you running Windows with Ruby 1.9.1? I know that unicode filename
support in Windows is kind of buggy. I've seen it suggested that upgrading
to the ruby-1.9.2-preview helps a lot, you might try that.

-Jonathan Nielsen

3

Hello,

I'm still sticking to 1.8.6...so probably updating is agood idea :slight_smile:

Thanks

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On 15 Jun., 15:32, Jonathan Nielsen <jonat...@jmnet.us> wrote:

> Hi!

> I'm having a problem with ruby's spreadsheet gem.
> while
> book = Spreadsheet.open 'aou/a.xls'
> works,
> book = Spreadsheet.open 'äöü/a.xls'
> does not (both paths exist).

> is there a solution?

> regards!

Hi,

Are you running Windows with Ruby 1.9.1? I know that unicode filename
support in Windows is kind of buggy. I've seen it suggested that upgrading
to the ruby-1.9.2-preview helps a lot, you might try that.

-Jonathan Nielsen

4

Hello,

I'm still sticking to 1.8.6...so probably updating is agood idea :slight_smile:

Thanks

If you are using a 1.8.x, it might be as simple as setting $KCODE to 'U' or
running ruby with -KU

Try it out anyway, I don't know if that works or not...

-Jonathan Nielsen