Repair mojibake in locale and dashboard-facing text #23

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MrSphay · 2026-05-17T12:12:20Z

MrSphay commented

2026-05-17 12:12:20 +00:00

Created from local project scan after reviewing existing issues #1-#22.

Current status: dashboard-facing locale files contain mojibake for em dashes, bullets, emoji, and French accents. This is visible in locales/en.json and especially locales/fr.json, where strings such as Francais rendered as mojibake, corrupted dash/bullet sequences, and broken alert emoji sequences will render incorrectly in the UI and bot messages.

This is related to inherited documentation cleanup, but it is broader than docs: it affects runtime dashboard text, bot/status copy, glossary copy, and translated labels.

Code references:

locales/en.json: title, boot strings, bot messages, alert descriptions, LLM prompt copy.
locales/fr.json: native language name, dashboard labels, accents, bot copy, alert labels.
Some hard-coded dashboard/server strings also contain mojibake and should be audited after locale repair.

Acceptance criteria:

Restore locale files as valid UTF-8 with correctly rendered punctuation, emoji, and French accents.
Add a lightweight check that flags common mojibake sequences in locale/dashboard-facing text files while allowing intentional test fixtures.
Verify dashboard and bot strings render correctly in English and French.
Keep source files consistently encoded to avoid reintroducing the issue on Windows checkouts.

Created from local project scan after reviewing existing issues #1-#22. Current status: dashboard-facing locale files contain mojibake for em dashes, bullets, emoji, and French accents. This is visible in `locales/en.json` and especially `locales/fr.json`, where strings such as `Francais` rendered as mojibake, corrupted dash/bullet sequences, and broken alert emoji sequences will render incorrectly in the UI and bot messages. This is related to inherited documentation cleanup, but it is broader than docs: it affects runtime dashboard text, bot/status copy, glossary copy, and translated labels. Code references: - `locales/en.json`: title, boot strings, bot messages, alert descriptions, LLM prompt copy. - `locales/fr.json`: native language name, dashboard labels, accents, bot copy, alert labels. - Some hard-coded dashboard/server strings also contain mojibake and should be audited after locale repair. Acceptance criteria: - Restore locale files as valid UTF-8 with correctly rendered punctuation, emoji, and French accents. - Add a lightweight check that flags common mojibake sequences in locale/dashboard-facing text files while allowing intentional test fixtures. - Verify dashboard and bot strings render correctly in English and French. - Keep source files consistently encoded to avoid reintroducing the issue on Windows checkouts.

MrSphay commented

2026-05-17 16:46:22 +00:00

Taking this now on branch codex/issue-23-mojibake-locale-check. Scope: repair runtime-facing mojibake and add a lightweight regression check.

Taking this now on branch `codex/issue-23-mojibake-locale-check`. Scope: repair runtime-facing mojibake and add a lightweight regression check.

MrSphay referenced a pull request that will close this issue

2026-05-17 16:50:34 +00:00

test: guard dashboard text against mojibake #40

MrSphay closed this issue

2026-05-17 16:55:38 +00:00

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