[GIS] Change data source encoding in QGIS 3.0.x

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Changing Data source encoding through layer Properties worked well for me until version 3.0.x – now, the field is grayed out and shows only UTF-8. Our Data sources are quite mixed and I get spades, question marks etc. instead of East European characters when labelling. Is this feature broken in Early Adopter release or am I missing something?

Checking or unchecking value in Settings/Options/Data Sources/Data source handling – "Ignore shapefile encoding declaration" returns error "Wrong value for parameter "GRASS7 folder – Specified path does not exist".

Best Answer

After checking/unchecking value in Settings > Options > Data Sources > Data source handling > Ignore shape file encoding declaration, you should restart QGIS, and then Data source encoding (grayed out) field will be active.

And the error Wrong value for parameter "GRASS7 folder - Specified path does not exist is not about encoding. Just change Settings > Options > Processing > Providers > GRASS > 'Grass7 folder' and 'Location of GRASS docs' into actual GRASS folder. (probably C:/OSGeo4W64/apps/grass/grass-x.x.x folder)

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