[luatex] More on loading non-ascii filenames on windows
Patrick Gundlach
patrick at gundla.ch
Thu Oct 4 21:40:20 CEST 2018
> Am 30.09.2018 um 11:45 schrieb Patrick Gundlach <patrick at gundla.ch>:
>
> Hello again,
>
> I am still struggling with loading images with filenames on windows. (My test environment is windows 7, 32 bit)
>
> I now bypass lua file system to build a file list, so I have all filenames encoded as UTF-8. Now I try to pass a filename to
>
> img.scan{...}
>
> But as I understand, Windows is not happy about the UTF8 filenames, so what should I do?
>
> ! error: (pdf backend): reading image file 'Z:\foo\cöw.pdf' failed
> ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
>
> I have tried to pass the CP1250 value for ö (\f6) but this gives me:
>
> I/O Error: Couldn't open file 'c<f6>w.pdf': No error.
>
> ! error: (pdf inclusion): reading image failed
> ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
>
>
> So, I am clueless....
not clueless anymore:
I have reported to the teelive mailing list and got (thanks Akira) a luatex binary that allows utf-8 filenames on windows.
Thanks all who have helped me!
Patrick
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