addons tab disappears while installing any addon if system user name consists of a non-latin character #36642

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Michael Soluyanov · 2013-09-02T22:46:00+02:00

Michael Soluyanov commented

2013-09-02 22:46:00 +02:00

Relates to: #31555

%%%problem appears only on windows
problem appears only if system user name consists of a non-latin character

- Blender version with error ---

2.68
Here the screenshots from vk.com/blender_3d in attachments.

- Short description of error ---

addons tab disappears while installing any addon, using "install from file..." button in user preferences window

- Steps for others to reproduce the error (preferably based on attached .blend file) ---

you can reproduce the error:

if your windows system using rare codepage with non-latin characters (tested on cp1251 (Russian) .
Your system user name consists of a non-latin character
- Workaround ---
  once addon installed, blender create a new directory, like:

Windows 7, 8 - C:\Users\РђРЅРЅР°\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.6x\scripts\addons
Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\РђРЅРЅР°\Application Data\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.6x\scripts\addons
where РђРЅРЅР° - user name in wrong encoding.

If you remove this folder, addons tab appears

%%%

**Relates to**: #31555 %%%problem appears only on windows problem appears only if system user name consists of a non-latin character - Blender version with error --- 2.68 Here the screenshots from vk.com/blender_3d in attachments. - Short description of error --- addons tab disappears while installing any addon, using "install from file..." button in user preferences window - Steps for others to reproduce the error (preferably based on attached .blend file) --- you can reproduce the error: 1) if your windows system using rare codepage with non-latin characters (tested on cp1251 (Russian) . 2) Your system user name consists of a non-latin character - Workaround --- once addon installed, blender create a new directory, like: Windows 7, 8 - C:\Users\РђРЅРЅР°\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.6x\scripts\addons Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\РђРЅРЅР°\Application Data\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.6x\scripts\addons where РђРЅРЅР° - user name in wrong encoding. If you remove this folder, addons tab appears %%%

Michael Soluyanov commented

2013-09-02 22:46:00 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Campbell Barton commented

2013-09-03 03:59:34 +02:00

%%%Thanks for the report, I was under the impression that pythons repr() was a safe way to get a string without encoding issues but it seems this is not the case.

A simple fix is to use %a rather then %r. but there are other areas that would give problems too.

Will investigate a fix.%%%

%%%Thanks for the report, I was under the impression that pythons repr() was a safe way to get a string without encoding issues but it seems this is not the case. A simple fix is to use %a rather then %r. but there are other areas that would give problems too. Will investigate a fix.%%%

Campbell Barton commented

2013-09-03 04:19:01 +02:00

%%%this is a duplicate of [#31555].%%%

Campbell Barton commented

2013-09-03 04:19:01 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Campbell Barton closed this issue

2013-09-03 04:19:01 +02:00

Michael Soluyanov commented

2013-09-03 09:06:23 +02:00

%%%Campbell Barton, it's not a duplicate - different version of blender, and bug appears only with addon tab, only on installing addon%%%

Campbell Barton commented

2013-09-12 04:22:57 +02:00

%%%@michael-123 Soluyanov,

Even though the error is different - the reason its a duplicate is the error is caused by windows not having the right encoding set,
blender sets the encoding for python but this fails to work on windows.

once [#31555] is resolved, this will be too.%%%

%%%@michael-123 Soluyanov, Even though the error is different - the reason its a duplicate is the error is caused by windows not having the right encoding set, blender sets the encoding for python but this fails to work on windows. once [#31555] is resolved, this will be too.%%%

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addons tab disappears while installing any addon if system user name consists of a non-latin character #36642