[OSM-talk] using arabic letters in street names

[Ali Lakrakbi]

Problem resolved,

I just had to download the latest version of JOSM!

On 11/23/06, raphael Jacquot <sxpert at sxpert.org> wrote:
> Ali Lakrakbi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am from Morocco and here the street names are in arabic letters, I
> > am having a problem to name streets. I name the street in arabic with
> > JOSM, JOSM shows the name correctly, I upload the data to the server,
> > and then next time I log to JOSM and download my last modified data,
> > the street name is change to something like: $#£%ù¤.
> >
> > I have tried the same with the applet and the same happened but in
> > this case the letters where changed to ????????.
> >
> > Is OSM server accepting unicode?
> >
> > BTW is there someone here from Morocco, North africa, or any arabic country?
>
> are you using UTF8 in your locale ?
>
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