[mkgmap-dev] how to use diacritical marks / accents in style file

Wed Jan 16 12:59:19 GMT 2013

Another issue regarding accents:

shop=* {set name="test äéöèô"} appears as shops with the name 'test ?????' on the map

Any ideas?

> I noticed that the style file rules (sometimes?) ignore diacritical
> marks or accents.
> For instance I want to add a rule to render a bigger lakes in lower
> resolution, like lake Geneva:
> 
> this didnt work:
> natural=water & name="Lac Léman" [0x3d resolution 16]
> 
> only this works:
> natural=water & name:en="Lake Geneva" [0x3d resolution 16]
> 
> Same for name:de=Neuenburgersee (works) name="Lac de Neuchâtel" (didnt
> work)
> 
> Is there a way to use those accents in the style file rules?