[Bug 439697] [NEW] zhcon --utf8 truncates output on non-Chinese character

[Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: zhcon

When run with the --utf8 option, zhcon internally converts client output
from UTF-8 to the internal zhcon encoding (GB2312/GBK/EUC-KR/etc.) and
does the corresponding reverse translation to UTF-8 for input from the
user. However, when a character in the program output is not convertible
from UTF-8 to the currently selected internal coding, zhcon silently
truncates the output buffer, often discarding lots of following
(potentially convertible) output. As an example:

$ zhcon --utf8
# assume zhcon is now using GB2312 internal encoding
$ env LC_ALL=ja_JP.UTF-8 ls --help
# note that output is strangely truncated after a few lines

Really something more sensible should be done, such as converting
untranslatable characters to '?'.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: zhcon 1:0.2.6-6ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: zhcon
Uname: Linux 2.6.25-20090223.1.olpc.69098d87d56945c i586

** Affects: zhcon (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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zhcon --utf8 truncates output on non-Chinese character
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439697
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