Model's save method, about chinese filename and path

[ODM]

HI,all,
A problem, about model's save method. don't support the Chinese filename and path. It's ok for Sketchup's open_file method. such as:
Sketchup.open_file "/Users/liuzhenyi/Desktop/中文/测试.skp"
-> true
model = Sketchup.active_model
model.save "/Users/liuzhenyi/Desktop/中文/测试.skp"
-> nil
How does it work? Thank you!

ODM.

[thomthom]

Where do you get the string from? A .rb file?

Ruby 1.8 doesn't support Unicode characters. You might be encountering some problems related to that, that somehow the string with the path is mangled.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=20657&p=205614

[ODM]

Thanks thomthom.

get string's method,see Tig's batchpurge plugin:

model=Sketchup.active_model
path=model.path.tr ("\","/")

then, path is "/Users/liuzhenyi/Desktop/中文/测试.skp" (use mac ox system).

I will try it use UnicodeEX module， thanks again.

[thomthom]

@odm said:

model=Sketchup.active_model
path=model.path.tr ("\","/")

That might be your problem right there, you manipulate a Unicode string with Ruby. That might very well mess up the string.

( Sidenote: instead of
path=model.path.tr("\\","/")
make use of the File class to correct the path for you if needed.
path=File.expand_path( model.path )
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.8.6/File.html#method-c-expand_path )

But if you are dealing with Unicode characters, avoid manipulating the strings.

[ODM]

model = Sketchup.active_model
path=model.path
path1=File.expand_path(model.path)
path2=model.path.tr("\\","/")

path.class #-> string
path1.class #-> string
path2.class #-> string

path,path1 and path2, all class are string, all value are "/Users/liuzhenyi/Desktop/中文/测试.skp"

Whether it can be said path=path1=path2.

model.save method see:
http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/model.html#save
Should be filename is string, use path "/Users/liuzhenyi/Desktop/en/en.skp" ，it's ok.

Should make the save method, recognized the chinese filename and path.
unicode can solve? or rewrite the save method. SketchUp 8.0 Ruby version is 1.8.6，maybe sketch up 9.0 will support....

thomthom,Thanks a lot .

[ODM]

I would like to support chinese path as Sketchup's open_file method, model's save method why not support it?