Bug#258868: kpilot: Character code conversion is NOT bi-derectional
Package: kpilot
Version: 4:3.2.2-2
Severity: normal
I started to use palm Zire (which has been used with Macintosh iSync)
in combination with kpilot.
Before stating the trouble I experienced, it would be better to explain
character coding confusion in Japanese.
In linux, euc-jp has been standard for Japanese character code.
Unfortunately, however, the other OS, such as Windows and Macintosh have
used shift-jis as standard until recent.
Palm also uses shift-jis as Japanese character code.
In kpilot, you can specify the characotr code used in Palm.
Therefore, I specified shift-jis and tried Hotsync.
For the first Hotsync, it was fine. The addressbook entries (shift-jis)
in Palm were converted to euc-jp and transferred tokaddressbook.
Nothing was wrong both in kaddressbook and Palm addressbook.
However, after the second Hotsync (and thereafter) addressbook entries
in the Palm were not correctly displayed.
I guess that kaddressbook entries were transferred WITHOUT charactor
code conversion.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.eucJP, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.eucJP
Versions of packages kpilot depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.29 Debian configuration management sy
ii kdelibs4 4:3.2.3-2 KDE core libraries
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-5 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libfam0c102 2.7.0-5 client library to control the FAM
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.4-3 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libkcal2 4:3.2.2-2 KDE calendaring library
ii libmal1 0.40-3 A library of the functions in mals
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpisock8 0.11.8-10 Library for communicating with a P
ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-6 PNG library - runtime
ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.2.3-4 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libreadline4 4.3-11 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-3 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
* shared/pilot/port: ttyUSB1
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