Describe the bug
When trying to open the Plugins Manager on Windows portable fails with the following error message:
ERROR: Qt GUI error
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8 codec' can't decode byte 0xb0 in position 37: invalid start byte
In addition, a taskbar icon appears each time this is tried (see screenshot below for details).
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:
- Run plover.exe portable (I am running it from a USB drive)
- Click on the "Plugins Manager" button (or select the "Tools:Plugin Manager" menu item).
- See error
Expected behavior
The Plugins Manager window should open.
I appear to be able to install plugins manually using the Windows instructions (https://plover.wiki/index.php/Plugins#How_to_Install_Plugins). I installed the plover-lapwing-aio and plover-auto-reconnect-machine plugins this way, and they appear to work as expected within Plover (e.g., my machine reconnects automatically, the leftmost upper key generates Lapwing's "#" rather than Plover's "S", the expected dictionaries appear in the list, etc.).
Screenshots
Each time I try to open the Plugins Manager, an icon appears in the taskbar. The attached screenshot shows an example where I tried this twice; the leftmost two icons are the ones associated with these attempts. Each icon stayed about a minute or two before disappearing. Hovering over or clicking either icon did not appear to have any effect.
Operating system
- OS: Windows 11 Pro (version 24H2, build 26100.6899))
- Plover Version 5.0.0
Hardware
If applicable, let us know what machine you're experiencing the issue with and how it's connected to Plover, as well as a screenshot of the machine configuration inside Plover.
Describe the bug
When trying to open the Plugins Manager on Windows portable fails with the following error message:
ERROR: Qt GUI error
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8 codec' can't decode byte 0xb0 in position 37: invalid start byte
In addition, a taskbar icon appears each time this is tried (see screenshot below for details).
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:
Expected behavior
The Plugins Manager window should open.
I appear to be able to install plugins manually using the Windows instructions (https://plover.wiki/index.php/Plugins#How_to_Install_Plugins). I installed the plover-lapwing-aio and plover-auto-reconnect-machine plugins this way, and they appear to work as expected within Plover (e.g., my machine reconnects automatically, the leftmost upper key generates Lapwing's "#" rather than Plover's "S", the expected dictionaries appear in the list, etc.).
Screenshots
Each time I try to open the Plugins Manager, an icon appears in the taskbar. The attached screenshot shows an example where I tried this twice; the leftmost two icons are the ones associated with these attempts. Each icon stayed about a minute or two before disappearing. Hovering over or clicking either icon did not appear to have any effect.
Operating system
Hardware
If applicable, let us know what machine you're experiencing the issue with and how it's connected to Plover, as well as a screenshot of the machine configuration inside Plover.