+ gchar *filename = NULL;
+ gchar *utf8 = NULL;
+ const gchar *local_encoding = NULL;
+ gsize written = -1;
+ const gboolean local_is_utf8 = g_get_charset (&local_encoding);
+
+ /* There seems to be no Glib function to convert from local encoding
+ to filename encoding. Therefore it has to be done in two steps:
+ the intermediate encoding is UTF8.
+
+ Either step could fail. However, in many cases the file can still
+ be loaded even if the conversion fails. So in those cases, after showing
+ a warning, we simply copy the locally encoded filename to the destination
+ and hope for the best.
+ */
+
+ if ( local_is_utf8)