"rake cucumber" error (win7): invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 (ArgumentError)
erwann
I've a problem with cucumber running windows. I'm following the Rspec
book from Pragprog (chap. 19 with Rails integration) but I can't find
a solution for this issue:
invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 (ArgumentError)
http://pastie.org/1511071 for complete error message
According to https://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16211/tickets/354-cucumber-features-failed-on-windows
it's a win32console gem problem but it seems that Cucumber doesn't
rely on win32console anymore.
Any hint appreciated!
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Win 7x64 - ruby 1.9.2p136 (2010-12-25) [i386-mingw32]
gem list
cucumber (0.10.0)
cucumber-rails (0.4.0.beta.1, 0.3.2)
Luis Lavena
> Hi,
>
> I've a problem with cucumber running windows. I'm following the Rspec
> book from Pragprog (chap. 19 with Rails integration) but I can't find
> a solution for this issue:
> invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 (ArgumentError)
>
> http://pastie.org/1511071 for complete error message
>
> According to https://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16211/tickets/354-cucumber-features-failed-on-windows
> it's a win32console gem problem but it seems that Cucumber doesn't
> rely on win32console anymore.
>
What is the console codepage you're starting cucumber from? (use chcp
in the console)
Because that line is this:
https://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/blob/master/lib/cucumber/formatter/unicode.rb#L12
`cmd /c chcp` =~ /(\d+)/
And if the current command prompt is not in a UTF-8 compatible
codebase, the result from cmd will trigger the failure.
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AREA 17
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
erwann
Hi Luis,
> What is the console codepage you're starting cucumber from? (use chcp
> in the console)
> Because that line is this:https://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/blob/master/lib/cucumber/fo...
> `cmd /c chcp` =~ /(\d+)/
>
> And if the current command prompt is not in a UTF-8 compatible
> codebase, the result from cmd will trigger the failure.
mainly using Rubymine IDE and I can't change the cp in their editor
Luis Lavena
>
>
>> What is the console codepage you're starting cucumber from? (use chcp
>> in the console)
>
> it's 850
>
So that is the console you're invoking cucumber from?
>
> if I switch to chcp 65001 or chcp 1252, it's the same. Moreover, I'm
> mainly using Rubymine IDE and I can't change the cp in their editor
>
Are you using the same command prompt you change the codepage before?
Please try this at the command line:
ruby -ve "`cmd /c chcp` =~ /(\d+)/; puts $1"
What is the output?
erwann
> > it's 850
>
> So that is the console you're invoking cucumber from?
> > if I switch to chcp 65001 or chcp 1252, it's the same. Moreover, I'm
> > mainly using Rubymine IDE and I can't change the cp in their editor
>
> Are you using the same command prompt you change the codepage before?
the result was the same
> Please try this at the command line:
>
> ruby -ve "`cmd /c chcp` =~ /(\d+)/; puts $1"
>
> What is the output?
ruby 1.9.2p136 (2010-12-25) [i386-mingw32]
850
Luis Lavena
>
>> > it's 850
>>
>> So that is the console you're invoking cucumber from?
>
> Yes, the windows console, whatever the cp, the error remains the same
>
>> > if I switch to chcp 65001 or chcp 1252, it's the same. Moreover, I'm
>> > mainly using Rubymine IDE and I can't change the cp in their editor
>>
>> Are you using the same command prompt you change the codepage before?
>
> Under Rubymine, I can't change anything, I just tested it to check if
> the result was the same
>
I don't know how to change RubyMine, so can't help you there.
Please invoke cucumber and rake from the console, *after* setting chcp
to 1252 at minimum
You can also change chcp permanently by editing the registry, but I
would love if you can execute from the command line first to determine
if the issue is RubyMine or not interfering with the right behavior.
erwann
> I don't know how to change RubyMine, so can't help you there.
> Please invoke cucumber and rake from the console, *after* setting chcp
> to 1252 at minimum
open console
chcp 1252
rake cucumber -> error
chcp 65001
rake cucumber -> error
> You can also change chcp permanently by editing the registry, but I
> would love if you can execute from the command line first to determine
> if the issue is RubyMine or not interfering with the right behavior.
sure and the problem remains
Luis Lavena
>
>> I don't know how to change RubyMine, so can't help you there.
>
> I'll ask them but I want to make it work on win console before
>
>> Please invoke cucumber and rake from the console, *after* setting chcp
>> to 1252 at minimum
>
> That's what I made:
> open console
> chcp 1252
> rake cucumber -> error
> chcp 65001
> rake cucumber -> error
>
Can you also verify your cucumber .feature files are saved in UTF-8 encoding?
If this doesn't help, let's see if we can do a TeamViewer session
today to help you out.
Aslak Hellesøy
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:27 AM, erwann <erwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know how to change RubyMine, so can't help you there.
>>
>> I'll ask them but I want to make it work on win console before
>>
>>> Please invoke cucumber and rake from the console, *after* setting chcp
>>> to 1252 at minimum
>>
>> That's what I made:
>> open console
>> chcp 1252
>> rake cucumber -> error
>> chcp 65001
>> rake cucumber -> error
>>
>
> Can you also verify your cucumber .feature files are saved in UTF-8 encoding?
>
If it turns out that saving the file as UTF-8 resolves the issue, I
can output an error message asking the user to verify that the file is
saved as UTF-8.
WDYT?
Aslak
> If this doesn't help, let's see if we can do a TeamViewer session
> today to help you out.
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erwann
giving up and will forget cucumber for now
Luis Lavena
> Thanks for your help Luis, I'm usually obstinate but this time I'm
> giving up and will forget cucumber for now
>
Can you do me one small favor before giving up?
Provide me the output of the following:
SET LC_ALL
SET LC_CTYPE
SET LANG
These environment variables will affect how Ruby read files.
A workaround will be mark the encoding of all the cucumber files with
magic comment (#encoding: UTF-8)
erwann
> Can you do me one small favor before giving up?
>
> Provide me the output of the following:
>
> SET LC_ALL
> SET LC_CTYPE
> SET LANG
>
> These environment variables will affect how Ruby read files.
C:\>SET LC_ALL
La variable d’environnement LC_ALL n’est pas définie.
C:\>SET LC_CTYPE
La variable d’environnement LC_CTYPE n’est pas définie.
C:\>SET LANG
La variable d’environnement LANG n’est pas définie.
erwann
> Can you do me one small favor before giving up?
>
> Provide me the output of the following:
>
> SET LC_ALL
> SET LC_CTYPE
> SET LANG
to dev instead f test, I don't have the invalid byte error but a "rake
aborted!
Permission denied - db/test.sqlite3" one
Luis Lavena
>
>
> Don't know if it's useful but when I run cucumber with a rails env set
> to dev instead f test, I don't have the invalid byte error but a "rake
> aborted!
> Permission denied - db/test.sqlite3" one
>
It stops earlier than executing cucumber because you're running a
"rails server" which is using the db.
Can you ensure no background rails server is been executed, no
rspec/autotest or cucumber is also executed when you test?
I'm having problems to recreate your environment to help you better, sorry.
erwann
> Can you ensure no background rails server is been executed, no
> rspec/autotest or cucumber is also executed when you test?
"cucumber is also executed"?
> I'm having problems to recreate your environment to help you better, sorry.
same error.
By the way, while installing RubyGems 1.5.0 I got this message:
RubyGems 1.5.0 installed
unable to convert U+0160 from UTF-8 to CP850 for History.txt, skipping
unable to convert U+0160 from UTF-8 to CP850 for History.txt, skipping
could it be related?
Luis Lavena
>
> By the way, while installing RubyGems 1.5.0 I got this message:
> RubyGems 1.5.0 installed
> unable to convert U+0160 from UTF-8 to CP850 for History.txt, skipping
> unable to convert U+0160 from UTF-8 to CP850 for History.txt, skipping
>
> could it be related?
>
No, that is RDoc issue, which can be solved by updating rdoc gem.
erwann
I configured my laptop with the same programs (win 7 x64, latest Ruby
devkit and gems) and I have the same error
Luis Lavena
Can you jump on IRC? I'm on RubyInstaller channel (#rubyinstaller)
I would like to do a TeamViewer session with you if possible.
Please download the Quick Support package:
http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx
My nickname is "luislavena"
Luis Lavena
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:05 AM, erwann <erwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I configured my laptop with the same programs (win 7 x64, latest Ruby
>> devkit and gems) and I have the same error
>> invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 (ArgumentError)
>
> Can you jump on IRC? I'm on RubyInstaller channel (#rubyinstaller)
>
> I would like to do a TeamViewer session with you if possible.
>
> Please download the Quick Support package:
>
> http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx
>
> My nickname is "luislavena"
>
For the ones that want to know, we solved the issue setting
CUCUMBER_OUTPUT_ENCODING environment variable.
Aslak: seems to me that unicode.rb is not loaded in UTF-8 mode and
thus making the regexp around 'chcp' fail.
Will test it further and send you a pull request with the modifications.
Aslak Hellesøy
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Luis Lavena <luisl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:05 AM, erwann <erwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I configured my laptop with the same programs (win 7 x64, latest Ruby
>>> devkit and gems) and I have the same error
>>> invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 (ArgumentError)
>>
>> Can you jump on IRC? I'm on RubyInstaller channel (#rubyinstaller)
>>
>> I would like to do a TeamViewer session with you if possible.
>>
>> Please download the Quick Support package:
>>
>> http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx
>>
>> My nickname is "luislavena"
>>
>
> For the ones that want to know, we solved the issue setting
> CUCUMBER_OUTPUT_ENCODING environment variable.
>
> Aslak: seems to me that unicode.rb is not loaded in UTF-8 mode and
> thus making the regexp around 'chcp' fail.
>
> Will test it further and send you a pull request with the modifications.
>
Thanks Luis!
Aslak
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> Luis Lavena
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> -
> Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
> but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
> Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
>