open printing to pdf 5.0.2

[pderks]

Hello,

with the 'open printing to pdf' command Mac users should not use Mac-specific characters like "•", "ƒ", "◊" both in the file name and in the pdf properties like "Author", "Title", "Subject" of their future PDF file. Otherwise odd an inconsistend results will happen.

Obviously there are two different encoding methods: one for file names, the other for the pdf properties.

In case of the file names:
"DI•" is converted to "DI%A5",
"DI·" is converted to "DI%E1",
whereupon the Finder refuses all operations on these files: no Open, no Get Info, no Move to Trash … I had to shut down and restart my Mac do dispose again of such files.

In case of the pdf properties:
"DI•" is converted to "DIŁ",
"DI·" remains "DI·".

I did not found any workaround except for the files: giving them an inoffending name and renaming them later.

I worked with Mac OSX 10.7.2 & LiveCode 5.0.2

Peter

[Klaus]

Hi Peter,

yes, its a shame that after all these years LiveCode still has problems wiht non ASCII filenames (and more!).


Best

Klaus