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Xiè Jìléi
Asked: 2011-06-03 06:26:09 +0800 CST

How to use alternative encoding in specific gnome applications?

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Currently I'm trying to convert an Audio CD to ogg(s) using asunder, however, the encoding used in the CD (GB2312) is different to the current X session's (UTF-8):

screenshot

I tried to use a different one, but C library seems not support it:

$ LANG=zh_CN.GB2312 asunder
(process:19031): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
    Using the fallback 'C' locale.
(... and the same screenshot ...)

P.S. I have installed the language-pack-*-zh, and the encoding GB2312 is supported by iconv:

$ iconv --list | grep GB2312
CSGB2312//
GB2312//

(I guess C library doesn't use iconv, however.)

Maybe I missed something?

11.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Run locale -a to see the available locale definitions on your system. zh_CN.GB2312 is probably missing.

    sudo localedef -f GB2312 -i zh_CN zh_CN.GB2312

    should add that locale definition.

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