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    please help me as all my language file is messed up

    i have been using kubuntu for a good many months
    and now i have discovered now a problem.

    text files created in windows with swedish language as contents.
    when open into ubuntu using knotes, open office or through konqueror
    they simply fails to recognize the swedish letters "ö,ä,and å" and replace them
    with "?" in a red diamond space thingy.

    when i open these same files in windows simple basic text pad
    works just fine.

    i have about 2 megs of these types of text files that i have to work with
    and i dont want to return to windows to do this.

    how do i get kubuntu gusty gibbon 7.10 to open and read the swedish
    contents of a text file correctly that was created under windows ?

    here is a sample output of a text file

    "Vi tr�ffades som vi vanligen g�r och b�rjade visa varandra v�ra prylar, j�mf�rde,
    f�rstorade och tippade om vem som kunde spela ut vem. D� sa Mark; "varf�r g�r jag
    inte en websida d�r vi kunde s�lja v�ra prylar billigt, byta v�ra gamla prylar eller
    bara sk�nka bort gamla saker,"


    i was told to install and use "utf8migrationtool"
    sudo apt-get install utf8-migration-tool
    utf8migrationtool

    i did it but everything still remains the same as the above sample output

    please please please does anyone use linux to read other languages
    or is Linux only limited to read English while silly win xp note pad seems to read
    Swedish text with no problems at all?

    Tuxulin

    #2
    Re: please help me as all my language file is messed up

    yea.. i ran the utf8migrationtool app again
    it say that im logged and configured for utf8 already
    or words to that effect

    please help me

    thanks
    TN

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      #3
      Re: please help me as all my language file is messed up

      Open K Menu | System Settings | Regional & Language and verify that both, Country or region: have your country properly selected and that Keyboard Layout | Active layouts: also have the correct keyboard layout(s) identified.
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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        #4
        Re: please help me as all my language file is messed up

        In Kate, go to Tools > Encoding. If you know which encoding you should use, pick it, else try a few different ones.

        Also make sure you have set your locale correctly: K Menu > System Settings > Regional & Language. Play around in there.

        Aaaand Snowhog wins the daily "fast typer" award...
        For external use only.

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          #5
          Re: please help me as all my language file is messed up

          Originally posted by SheeEttin
          Aaaand Snowhog wins the daily "fast typer" award...
          My head ain't the only thing 'on fire' today!
          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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            #6
            Re: please help me as all my language file is messed up

            ok i have tried all your suggestions and still no luck.

            here is somethign that i thought would of worked
            1, i booted into windows and open the swedish text in notepad
            2, upload that file to my web hosting area and checked if i could read it there ... yes it work there.
            3, rebooted back in to GG 7.10
            4, ftp into my hosting area in edit mode and opened the swedish there there
            5, selected everything within the file and pasted it into a kate locally

            *** now i was happy because everything look fine ***************

            6, saved the new local file and reopen it again
            7, the red thingys (question marks on a diamond) all came back

            why is this happening in kate tools encoding its set to unicode utf8
            my region, language and keyboard is setup too

            Tux

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              #7
              Re: please help me as all my language file is messed up

              Try choosing an encoding other than UTF-8.
              Also try other fonts, the font you're using may not have the accented glyphs.
              For external use only.

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                #8
                Re: please help me as all my language file is messed up

                well i just cant figure this out
                no matter what i try. i just cant
                get the translation to work proper

                if any one out there use multiple languages
                documents on GG 7.10 then please let me know

                thanks
                TN

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                  #9
                  Re: please help me as all my language file is messed up

                  Total shot-in-the-dark, and I have no experience/knowledge of what effect a change would make, but you might check your kdeglobals file (hidden in your home folder).

                  Open Konqueror and go to your home directory. Click on View | Show Hidden Files then click on the .kde folder, the share folder, and the config folder. The kdeglobals file contains the following section at the bottom:

                  [Locale]
                  Country=us
                  Language=en_US

                  Compare the settings here to what you have been setting via System Settings.
                  Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                  Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                  "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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                    #10
                    Re: please help me as all my language file is messed up

                    thanks Snowhog
                    however the setting are the same i have even install
                    the Swedish language pack and using it as default and
                    its the same bloody results none of the Swedish documents
                    are translated correctly

                    i have went a step further by installing GG7.10 on two other
                    machines and the results are the same.
                    .
                    only Swedish documents that have been created on GG 7.10
                    are translated OK after saving, closing and re-opening the file.

                    well thats a reall bummer becasue i now for the next couple of weeks
                    will have to work with windows xp.

                    dam i cant believe it windows simple note pad does the bizz nizz no
                    no pain at all. i guess i have to give credits to billy "goat" gates for that.
                    i cant knock him on that point.

                    this makes me wonder how does businesses using multi- languages from their
                    clients cope ?
                    could this be one reason why windows will always take the gold cup over linux ?
                    im not trying to start a flame war im just really angry becasue now that i
                    have comfortably settled into linux a problem has arise that forces me back to
                    windows aaaaarrrrrggggggghhhhhh !!!!!!!!! Fu#king H%LL

                    anyway thanks again for all the help
                    TN

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