Convert filename encodings when opening files.

[pspp-builds.git] / src / ui / gui / helper.c

diff --git a/src/ui/gui/helper.c b/src/ui/gui/helper.c
index 83319c453eebb41a0bb219b565bca7bc58bd3b19..9ac9fde6ec43b65ab79765859fb5ccfe9f5ec6ec 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ui/gui/helper.c
+++ b/src/ui/gui/helper.c
@@ -166,6 +166,31 @@ utf8_to_pspp_locale (const gchar *text, gssize len, GError **err)
   return recode_string (CONV_UTF8_TO_PSPP, text, len);
 }
 
+/* This function must be used whenever a filename generated by glib,
+   (eg, from gtk_file_chooser_get_filename) and passed to the C library,
+   (eg through a pspp syntax string).
+*/
+gchar *
+convert_glib_filename_to_system_filename (const gchar *fname, GError **err)
+{
+  gchar *output_name;
+
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  const gchar *target_encoding;
+  gchar *utf8_name = NULL;
+
+  g_get_charset (&target_encoding);
+
+  output_name = g_convert (fname, -1, target_encoding,
+                       "UTF-8", NULL, NULL, err);
+#else
+  output_name = strdup (fname);
+#endif
+
+  return output_name;
+}
+
+
 
 #define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)
 #define N_(msgid) msgid