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Re: Accented chars in filenames issue



Raffaele Morelli <raffaele.morelli@gmail.com> writes:

> I am experiencing serious problems with my external HD, I can't create/write
> filenames containing accented chars, especially when copying music from my
> amarok collection (as you can guess a lor of brazilian, french and
> italian music has plenty of accented chars in filenames).

It's a very bad idea to use special characters (or spaces) in file
names. You can get it to work, and it may cause trouble when your locale
settings change or when you try to use the files on other
computers. You're already experiencing such trouble, so why make it
difficult?


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