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Georgd wrote: 11 Aug 2026, 12:38 To my understanding, several forks (see https://github.com/OpenSalamander/salamander/forks) have working Unicode support, e.g. Sally or Samandarin

Sally = crash

Samandarin = work good

To my understanding, several forks (see https://github.com/OpenSalamander/salamander/forks) have working Unicode support, e.g. Sally or Samandarin

... somewhere right around there. 259 is OK. Didn't have a 260 on hand... 261 fails.)


There could be other reasons too.
Like an "illegal" (perhaps unicode ?) [to Windows] character in a filename, in such cases will cause a no-action result in Salamander.


Maybe ? some of these newer Salamanders can ...

I can finally recommend a working version with Unicode support—also from the Czech developer KRtekTM. He preserved the familiar original interface and most of the plugins, as well as the multilingual interface options. I’d recommend Release 11; it’s perfectly usable for daily tasks! I am incredibly ...

You can try the OpenSalamander clone - Sally, which is actively developed by 0xeb
https://github.com/0xeb/sally
it has unicode support and that should help you with the problem.
Just keep in mind that it's a 3rd party developer and Sally may have bugs.

... Name in Windows explorer:
Z25BORY032 Klubalová
Shown name in Salamander:
Z25BORY032 Klubalova´
I tried Slovak and Czech as a locale for non unicode programs.
Environment is Windows 11, current verion.
Salamander shows the file but no action is possible.
General windows language is set to ...

... pokusu o mergnutí funkce Tabbed panels do Sallyho jsem nebyl schopný vyřešit konflikty - ve forku Sally je změněno hodně částí (asi kvůli podpoře Unicode), které se dotýkají stejných míst, na které sahá i úprava skrz Tabbed panels, takže (podle mě) jsou tyto dva forky kódem nekompatibilní (to je ...

Crazy new version

long time no see but work progressing
https://github.com/RedSalamanders/RedSalamander

New version there, still unicode and long path everywhere
Rewrite most of the UI to remove Win32, now mainly DirectX native
Fix a lot and add functionnalities

updated the doc:
https://github.com ...

long time no see but work progressing
https://github.com/RedSalamanders/RedSalamander

New version there, still unicode and long path everywhere
Rewrite most of the UI to remove Win32, now mainly DirectX native
Fix a lot and add functionnalities

updated the doc:
https://github.com/RedSalamanders ...

... is welcome
the doc is there https://github.com/RedSalamanders/RedSalamander/tree/main/Docs

you could have:
- theming
- long path support
- Unicode support
- FTP/SFTP/SCP/S3/IMAP support
- view picture and Raw picture
- ....

of course still a lost of feature missing and a lot of polish ...

progressing on a new version with unicode, long path, and theme
https://github.com/RedSalamanders/RedSalamander

any comments is welcome
as you could see this is a work in progress project everything rebuild from scratch

Progressing well on a completly new rewritten version in C++ and directX
Unicode support and theme
I hope will be public beginning next year
https://imgur.com/a/OHxX3lv

working on it

... have this added to AS. I've been adding all my CD's into my music server, and I found out that the world music databases use a lot of non standard Unicode Symbols. So sorting through my music catalog i can't use AS. (bummer) More then that, I's really sad to see this post originally started back in ...

yes, almost there, unicode and SFTP (generally its already working even with unicode)

very soon!