DXF export doesn't work if stencil name use Non UNICODE caracter

[Daniel Burnier]

I am Swiss French and using name like "PageRéférence" for a stencil, I obtain this script traceback when I am trying to export to DXF format :

"...
    print self.dxf
    UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 2908: ordinal not in range(128)
"

But no problem if I change the name by "PageReference" instead of "PageRéférence".

It will be nice to coud use accent caracter too.

Best regards

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Could you attach a sample SVG file to be exported to DXF which fails with this error, to allow for easier testing / addressing the issue?

[Daniel Burnier (daniel-burnier)]

Here you will find a SVG file with "french" stencil name that could not be exported in DXF format

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

thanks for the file, confirmed on Inkscape 0.48.2

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

attached is a new version of the file dxf_outlines.py, which I believe should fix the problem. It contains a new option box to choose the type of encoding of the output. This is the same choice that is offerred on dxf input as well. I would suggest trying the utf-8, to see if it works.

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

also attached is a new version of dxf_outlines.inx. Both these files will need to be placed in the directory Inkscape\share\extensions\ to replace the files that are currently there.

[Daniel Burnier (daniel-burnier)]

Hi Alvin,
Thank you a lot.
Your new files correct the problem and that is nice to have the units choice too.

Best regards. Dany

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

good to hear, committed to rev 10606

[Krzysztof Kosinski (tweenk)]

Updated extension copied to stable in 9865