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After installing GPGTools-20120318 (and earlier) Mail.app no longer displays any Japanese texts

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Peter

19 Mar, 2012 04:12 PM

After installing GPGTools-20120318 (and earlier) Mail.app no longer displays any Japanese texts.
GPG is useless for me for many versions now. I have seen this discussed but never seen any fix.

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Luke Le on 19 Mar, 2012 04:15 PM

   

   Hi Peter,

   could you please attach an example email showing that problem?
   I'll look into it.

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2. 2 Posted by Alex on 19 Mar, 2012 04:23 PM

   

   I have seen this discussed but never seen any fix.

   You mean you tested the version from nightly.gpgtools.org and it didn't help?

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3. 3 Posted by hphartmann on 19 Mar, 2012 04:30 PM

   

   This should do - any mail containing Japanese should do.

   ペータお元気ですか。日々お忙しいことと思います。

   The line above comes out as blank (also subject lines containing Japanese are blanked out) with GPG Mail installed.
   After uninstalling everything returns back to normal.

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Luke Le on 19 Mar, 2012 04:32 PM

   

   Please attach an actual .eml file or send an email to lukele at gpgtools.org.
   It's necessary for us to know if this happens with every email or only signed | encrypted emails.
   Also please consider installing the nightly GPGMail version since it already includes some fixes in that area.

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Luke Le on 19 Mar, 2012 04:35 PM

   

   Btw. I have no problem what so ever to read the japanese text you posted on here in Mail.

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6. 6 Posted by hphartmann on 19 Mar, 2012 04:39 PM

   

   Er, no.

   I tested GPGTools-20120318.
   This has been an issue of previous GPG incarnations since quite a couple of years.
   I don't remember where exactly but people working on GPG (GPG Mail) then were aware of this issue but could not offer a fix.
   So when I saw this most recent incarnation advertised on Macupdate I thought I give it a try - but to no avail.
   In other words: No, I didn't see this discussed in relation to recent nightly builds, but months or even years ago.
   So: Should I do try a nightly build since it offers a fix for this issue?

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7. Support Staff 7 Posted by Luke Le on 19 Mar, 2012 04:42 PM

   

   What version of OS X are you on?
   GPGMail is only actively developed for Lion at the moment. Once the 2.0 release is completed we consider backporting that version to Snow Leopard.
   So if you're on Snow Leopard still, I'm sorry to say, you might be out of luck.
   Otherwise, yes please, try the current GPGMail nightly.

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8. 8 Posted by hphartmann on 19 Mar, 2012 04:47 PM

   

   10.6.8

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9. Support Staff 9 Posted by Luke Le on 19 Mar, 2012 04:49 PM

   

   Very sorry then.
   As far as I remember this is not related to GPGMail only but also to OS X itself.

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10. 10 Posted by hphartmann on 19 Mar, 2012 04:50 PM

    

    Happens with each and every Japanese mail.
    In fact I have never received an encrypted mail in Japanese.
    All I have to do is install GPG tools via the installer - not even bothering to create a key - and the trouble starts. After running the uninstaller everything is OK again.

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11. Support Staff 11 Posted by Luke Le on 19 Mar, 2012 04:52 PM

    

    GPGMail 2.0 for Lion is a complete rewrite from scratch and since I could see
    the japanese text correctly I guess this is indeed solved.
    You'll have to either wait for the back port of the 2.0 version or upgrade to Lion.

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12. 12 Posted by hphartmann on 19 Mar, 2012 05:04 PM

    

    Installed current nightly - no change.

    Apart from that: if GPGTools is for Lion - why does it install on 10.6.8?
    I happen to hate Lion (both as a user and hobbyist developer) and as far as I could see I am likely to dislike Snow Lion even more...

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13. 13 Posted by Alex on 19 Mar, 2012 05:21 PM

    

    Hi,

    • GPGTools Installer: an all-in-one Installer for all OS X releases >= 10.5 (including old versions of GPGMail)
    • GPGMail 2: a rewrite for 10.7: could you forward a chinese mail to gpgtools-org (at) lists.gpgtools.org so we can check whether this is fixed for 10.7/GPGMail2?

    Best regards, Alex

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14. Support Staff 14 Posted by Luke Le on 19 Mar, 2012 05:49 PM

    

    Just received the test email and it displays just fine.
    I don't think Lion is that different to Snow Leopard either user or developer wise but that will only leave you the option to wait.

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15. Support Staff 15 Posted by Steve on 27 Mar, 2012 11:55 AM

    

    Ok, I think there is nothing we can do about this. From what I read, the japanese font seems to work fine on 10.7. It does not work though on 10.6.8 and appears to be a flaw in Mac OS X.

    Since GPGMail 2.0 will be 10.7 only (at first - we might do a backport later) there is nothing we can do about this. Sorry, I don't have a more charming answer for this currently.

    All the best,
    steve

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16. Steve closed this discussion on 27 Mar, 2012 11:55 AM.