[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57341] iso-8859-1 encoding triggers error in get_first_help_sentence.m

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57341>

                 Summary: iso-8859-1 encoding triggers error in
get_first_help_sentence.m
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: juanpi
            Submitted on: Mon 02 Dec 2019 09:18:35 AM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: juanpi
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:


The two attached files contain the same symbols but with different encodings.
The iso-8859-1 fails:


octave-gui:1> txt = get_first_help_sentence('foo_utf_8')
txt =  This characters will trigger the error: ü ° ±

octave-gui:2> txt = get_first_help_sentence('foo_iso_8859_1')
error: regexp: the input string is invalid UTF-8
error: called from
    get_first_help_sentence>first_sentence_plain_text at line 89 column 14
    get_first_help_sentence at line 66 column 22




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File Attachments:


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Date: Mon 02 Dec 2019 09:18:35 AM UTC  Name: foo_iso_8859_1.m  Size: 93B   By:
juanpi

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=47963>
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Date: Mon 02 Dec 2019 09:18:35 AM UTC  Name: foo_utf_8.m  Size: 91B   By:
juanpi

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=47964>

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