closed eps:text special characters

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asked Apr 8, 2019 in Bug by PlantUML_User_Max (140 points)
closed Apr 12, 2019 by PlantUML_User_Max

Hello,

when I export the following diagram to eps with the text option (plantuml -eps:text) some German umlaut and characters are wrong. The preview and normal eps export renders it correct.

@startuml test
(äöü ÄÖÜ ß)
@enduml

I use the version PlantUML version 1.2019.05beta10

closed with the note: Not a bug, plantuml works correct. Probably an issue at my system.

1 Answer

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answered Apr 8, 2019 by Serge Wenger Work (15,620 points)

Hello, you must set the charset with:

-charset UTF-8 

commented Apr 8, 2019 by PlantUML_User_Max (140 points)
Sadly not, but the output changend slightly. Please have a look at the following minimal example:
First it shows the used version of PlantUML and graphviz, then fills a fresh file with UTF-8 content and tries to render it.
In the rweps-output there is the line (\344\366\374aoui \304O\334 \337) for the displayed text. But it should be (äöüaoui ÄOÜ ß) or am I wrong?

Maybe there is a problem with my eps-viewer too. For testing purposes I use IrfanView. Which program do you use? I googled a bit and found some problems with eps and special characters. For now I can use the option eps without ":text", but I would like to report the problem.

PS C:\> java -jar $plantjar -version
PlantUML version 1.2019.05beta10 (Unknown compile time)
(GPL source distribution)
Java Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
JVM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
Java Version: 10+46
Operating System: Windows 10
OS Version: 10.0
Default Encoding: Cp1252
Language: en
Country: US
Machine: NB-X1G2
PLANTUML_LIMIT_SIZE: 4096
Processors: 4
Max Memory: 4,244,635,648
Total Memory: 266,338,304
Free Memory: 259,732,560
Used Memory: 6,605,744
Thread Active Count: 1

The environment variable GRAPHVIZ_DOT has not been set
Dot executable is c:\Program Files (x86)\Graphviz2.38\bin\dot.exe
Dot version: dot - graphviz version 2.38.0 (20140413.2041)
Installation seems OK. File generation OK
PS C:\> @"
>> @startuml test
>> (äöüaoui ÄOÜ ß)
>> @enduml
>> "@ | Set-Content $inFile -Encoding UTF8
PS C:\> Get-Content $inFile -Encoding UTF8
@startuml test
(äöüaoui ÄOÜ ß)
@enduml
PS C:\> java -jar $plantjar -charset UTF-8 -eps:text -i $inFile.FullName -o ..\out\
PS C:\> Get-Content $outFile
%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
%%Creator: PlantUML v1.2019.05beta10
%%Title: noTitle
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 147 44
%%ColorUsage: Color
%%Origin: 0 0
%%EndComments

gsave
0 44 translate
.01 -.01 scale
/rquadto {
3 index 3 index 4 2 roll rcurveto
} def
gsave
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0.78 0.78 0.78 setrgbcolor
newpath
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closepath eofill
grestore
gsave
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newpath
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closepath eofill
grestore
gsave
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newpath
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closepath eofill
grestore
gsave
1 0.2179 scale
0.49 0.49 0.49 setrgbcolor
newpath
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closepath eofill
grestore
gsave
1 0.212 scale
0.39 0.39 0.39 setrgbcolor
newpath
7750 12781 6650 0 360 arc
closepath eofill
grestore
gsave
1 0.2061 scale
0.29 0.29 0.29 setrgbcolor
newpath
7750 13151 6600 0 360 arc
closepath eofill
grestore
gsave
1 0.2 scale
0.2 0.2 0.2 setrgbcolor
newpath
7750 13550 6550 0 360 arc
closepath eofill
grestore
gsave
1 0.235 scale
1 1 0.81 setrgbcolor
newpath
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closepath eofill
150 setlinewidth
0.66 0 0.21 setrgbcolor
newpath
7450 10253 6850 0 360 arc
closepath stroke
grestore
2600 2840 moveto
0 0 0 setrgbcolor
/SansSerif.plain findfont 14 scalefont setfont
100 -100 scale
(\344\366\374aoui \304O\334 \337) show
.01 -.01 scale
grestore
showpage
%plantuml done
%%EOF
commented Apr 8, 2019 by Serge Wenger Work (15,620 points)
Hello,

I use the same version , but with -teps, not -eps:text.

%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
%%Creator: PlantUML v1.2019.05beta10
%%Title: noTitle
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 114 42
%%ColorUsage: Color
%%Origin: 0 0
%%EndComments

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fill
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newpath
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fill
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showpage
%plantuml done
%%EOF
commented Apr 8, 2019 by PlantUML_User_Max (140 points)
Well... it works fine. But the embedded text is not selectable. I used the option ":text" for that (see http://forum.plantuml.net/3214/selectable-searchable-%26-copyable-text-in-eps-output ).
commented Apr 11, 2019 by plantuml (294,960 points)
Back to eps:text, it looks like an issue of your eps rendering program.
\344 corresponds to the octal encoding of ä (see https://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/gmt/doc/html/GMT_Docs/node153.html for example).
Maybe you can try to manually edit your eps file and change \344 (and other) to ä and save the result as UTF8.
If it works for you this way, we might add yet-another-option (like eps:text:utf8) that would use UTF8 encoding instead of octal. Just tell us...
commented Apr 12, 2019 by PlantUML_User_Max (140 points)
Thanks for your answers (@Serge Wenger Work and plantuml).

Sorry for my bug report, it seems that you are correct with \344, but it doesn't work for me (probably due to an issue of my system setting).
I tried to manually edit the file(s), set the encodings, and so on with various values.

I give up and do not use the ':text'-option anymore, maybe I should choose a other format too...
...