Errors on startup

[chrisb]

Since the last version (must have been 0.19.192XX) but still existing I get an error on startup. Everything seems working, but I don't use the workbenches mentioned in the errors.

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During initialization the error "'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 50: ordinal not in range(128)" occurred in /Users/cb/Desktop/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/Mod/ReverseEngineering/InitGui.py
Please look into the log file for further information
During initialization the error "'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 39: ordinal not in range(128)" occurred in /Users/cb/Desktop/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/Mod/Robot/InitGui.py
Please look into the log file for further information
During initialization the error "'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 38: ordinal not in range(128)" occurred in /Users/cb/Desktop/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/Mod/Import/InitGui.py
Please look into the log file for further information
During initialization the error "'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 42: ordinal not in range(128)" occurred in /Users/cb/Desktop/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/Mod/Raytracing/InitGui.py
Please look into the log file for further information

OS: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.19310 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: a3622ee49feb4391e3c1015f8922095e75af538f
Python version: 3.8.1
Qt version: 5.12.5
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.4.0
Locale: English/Germany (en_DE)

[Syres]

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During initialization the error "'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 50: ordinal not in range(128)" occurred in /Users/cb/Desktop/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/Mod/ReverseEngineering/InitGui.py
Please look into the log file for further information
During initialization the error "'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 39: ordinal not in range(128)" occurred in /Users/cb/Desktop/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/Mod/Robot/InitGui.py
Please look into the log file for further information
During initialization the error "'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 38: ordinal not in range(128)" occurred in /Users/cb/Desktop/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/Mod/Import/InitGui.py
Please look into the log file for further information
During initialization the error "'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 42: ordinal not in range(128)" occurred in /Users/cb/Desktop/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/Mod/Raytracing/InitGui.py
Please look into the log file for further information

This is a guess (as I can't replicate it) but try changing line two to nine of src\Mod\Raytracing\InitGui.py from:

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# (c) 2003 Jürgen Riegel
#
# Gathering all the information to start FreeCAD
# This is the second one of three init scripts, the third one
# runs when the gui is up

#***************************************************************************
#*   Copyright (c) 2002 Jürgen Riegel <juergen.riegel@web.de>             *

to (as taken from Part Wb):

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# (c) 2003 Juergen Riegel
#
# Gathering all the information to start FreeCAD
# This is the second one of three init scripts, the third one
# runs when the gui is up

#***************************************************************************
#*   (c) Juergen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de) 2002                       *

If the other three still error but the Raytracing one disappears then at least a fix can be implemented.
I know you're running a German installation and therefore should be able to handle Umlauts but that's the only thing I can suggest.

[Syres]

I wonder if Python 3.8.1 is the culprit in that it's being fussy even with comment lines, hence why I've never seen the errors as I'm still on Python 3.6.8??

[wandererfan]

Since the last version (must have been 0.19.192XX) but still existing I get an error on startup. Everything seems working, but I don't use the workbenches mentioned in the errors.

Another guess:

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change this: 
        self.__class__.Icon = FreeCAD.getResourceDir() + "Mod/ReverseEngineering/Resources/icons/
to this:
        self.__class__.Icon =  FreeCAD.getResourceDir().decode("utf-8", "replace") + "Mod/ReverseEngineering/Resources/icons/

[chrisb]

This is a guess (as I can't replicate it) but try changing line two to nine of src\Mod\Raytracing\InitGui.py from:

I changed the file, but all same errors still occur.

Edit: will check the other suggestions.

[chrisb]

Sorry, I had made a mistake by changing "Jürgen" in Init.py instead of InitGUI.py. Now I have corrected it and it works.

[chrisb]

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change this: 
        self.__class__.Icon = FreeCAD.getResourceDir() + "Mod/ReverseEngineering/Resources/icons/
to this:
        self.__class__.Icon =  FreeCAD.getResourceDir().decode("utf-8", "replace") + "Mod/ReverseEngineering/Resources/icons/

This did not work.

[wmayer]

What happens when you add

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

at the top of the files?

This is needed when using Py2 but the default codec for Py3 is utf-8 and I wonder why it specifically fails on your system, then.

[chrisb]

Adding a first line ...

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

... didn't help either.

I could change the umlauts, but I have the very strong feeling that this is only a poor workaround. What would be a proper solution?

[vocx]

What would be a proper solution?

There shouldn't be a need for a solution. Python 3 should have no problem handling the umlauts at all.

Maybe it's a problem with Python 3.8 itself? Is there a way for you to update Python 3 in your system?