[Pkg-mc-devel] Bug#663136: mc: File selection by patterns uses bytes instead of (unicode) characters

[Christian Ohm]

Package: mc
Version: 3:4.8.1-2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

Using the "?" pattern in the file selection dialog brought up with '+',
mc uses the file name length in bytes instead of characters. Example:

$ touch 例 者
$ ls ?
例  者

But trying to select the files with "?" as pattern in mc doesn't work,
"??" selects 者, "???" selects 例.

Best regards,
Christian Ohm



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mc depends on:
ii  e2fslibs      1.42.1-2
ii  libc6         2.13-27
ii  libcomerr2    1.42.1-2
ii  libglib2.0-0  2.30.2-6
ii  libgpm2       1.20.4-4
ii  libslang2     2.2.4-6
ii  mc-data       3:4.8.1-2

Versions of packages mc recommends:
ii  mime-support  3.52-1
ii  perl          5.14.2-9
ii  unzip         6.0-5

Versions of packages mc suggests:
ii  acroread [pdf-viewer]  9.4.7-0.1
ii  arj                    <none>
ii  bzip2                  1.0.6-1
ii  catdvi                 <none>
ii  dbview                 <none>
ii  djvulibre-bin          3.5.24-9
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]    3.2.1-1
ii  file                   5.10-1
ii  gv [pdf-viewer]        1:3.7.3-1
ii  imagemagick            8:6.6.9.7-6
ii  odt2txt                <none>
ii  okular [pdf-viewer]    4:4.7.4-2
ii  python                 2.7.2-10
ii  python-boto            <none>
ii  python-tz              2011h-1
ii  w3m                    0.5.3-5
ii  xpdf [pdf-viewer]      3.03-9
ii  zathura [pdf-viewer]   0.0.8.5-4
ii  zip                    3.0-4

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