Qt Ubuntu encoding of Characters

[wysota]

the problem is that Arbeitsfläche is read as

Is read by whom? If you hardcoded the filename in your application, you need to tell Qt, what encoding you used (e.g. QString::fromUtf8()).

[anda_skoa]

QString::fromUtf8() will most likely work since most Linux systems have been using that codec for years now.
Alternatively use QString::fromLocal8Bit() which uses the system's locale information to determine the currently used encoding

Also have a look at QFile::decodeName()

Cheers,
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[airglide]

great, thanks to both of you, I used QString::fromLocal8Bit()