libretro / libretro/RetroArch

Special Character issues

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Description

Description

When loading a content, the path of the content can't have any special character in it.

Expected behavior

-Launching the game properly, handling special characters (or basics special character like "é")

or

-Displaying an error about the path of the rom/ File not found or something to know where the error comes from

Actual behavior

RetroArch display an error "Failed to load content", leading to a lot of possible errors.

Steps to reproduce the bug
  1. Have the rom in a path that include a special character ("é" char in my case)
  2. Load a core (Desmume in my case)
  3. load a content (.nds USA rom in my case)

(Also, having RetroArch in a path that include a special character may cause some other problem maybe. I haven't verified this, my RetroArch isn't in the same folder)

Bisect Results

As soon i installed it

Version/Commit

Git Version : c73daa6a1c

Environment information
  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bits

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure on Windows 10 with RetroArch and a .nds ROM whose path contains a character such as "é", using the reported core-loading steps. Trace content loading from the reported "Failed to load content" result, then verify that such paths either load successfully or produce an error identifying the ROM path problem.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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