Prev · NextSTR #4273: cupsfilter does not set "CHARSET=utf-8" into environment of texttops

Status:5 - New
Priority:4 - High, e.g. key functionality not working
Scope:3 - Applies to all machines and operating systems
Subsystem:Unassigned
Summary:cupsfilter does not set "CHARSET=utf-8" into environment of texttops
Version:1.4.3
Created By:gurucubano
Assigned To:Unassigned
Fix Version:Unassigned
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gurucubano: 23:57 Feb 10, 2013
 
For rendering UTF-8 coded text files to Postscript, texttops need an environment value of "CHARSET=utf-8" (to pickup the correct Fonts for the UTF-8 codepoints based on the file charsets/utf-8); cupsfilter does not provide this environment variable when starting texttops; a patch could look like this:

# diff cups-1.4.6/scheduler/cupsfilter.c*
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<               *envp[13],              /* Environment variables */
---
>               *envp[12],              /* Environment variables */
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<               charset[1024],          /* CHARSET */
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<   snprintf(charset, sizeof(charset), "CHARSET=utf-8");
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<   envp[11] = charset;
<   envp[12] = NULL;
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>   envp[11] = NULL;

see also:
https://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s25696+gcups.general+v25707+T0

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