[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51836] uigetfile() returns unusable path with special characters (German Umlaut)

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URL:
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                 Summary: uigetfile() returns unusable path with special
characters (German Umlaut)
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 24 Aug 2017 06:50:05 AM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Tim
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

I use uigetfile() to choose a file and path with measured data and open with
dlmread(). Therefor I pass the returned fpath and fname from uigetfile() to
dlmread().

With version 4.0.0 this way worked, even when there are special characters in
fpath or fname. Now with version 4.2.1 I get an error, when there is an
special character (German Umlaut).

This is an extract of my script:

[fname, fpath, fltidx]=uigetfile("*.S1P");
fpath
input=dlmread([fpath fname],'\t',5,0);


Now I try to open "Data.S1P" from "C:\HF-Tools\Tür".

This is the output from Octave with version 4.0.0:

fpath = C:\HF-Tools\T³r\


This is the output from Octave with version 4.2.1:

fpath = C:\HF-Tools\T├╝r\
error: dlmread: unable to open file 'C:\HF-Tools\T├╝r\Data.S1P'
error: called from
    test at line 5 column 6





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