[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH?] Fix for german umlaut problem in style files

Fri Mar 27 20:36:04 GMT 2009

Johann Gail schrieb:
> Hello Ulf,
> 
> I just looked at your patch, I haven't tried it out.
> But I think the line
> 
> Reader r = null;
> 
> 
> should be deleted. Then as an fallback in exception case the original 
> filereader will be used.
> In general I find it a good idea to open the styles file in UTF8, as as 
> least the base chars are compatible to ASCII.
> 

I really wouldn't mind if someone changes the Exception handling to 
whatever is common in the mkgmap code :-)

So please go on the best possible way here ...

I was just glad to find the root cause of the problem - it took me about 
a day of experimenting ...

Regards, ULFL