On Jun 8 2016, at 12:54 pm, Sven Schreiber <svetosch@gmx.net> wrote: 
 

Am 08.06.2016 um 17:24 schrieb Henrique Andrade:
(...)

> <hansl>
> printf "start->%10s<-end\n", "aeiou"
> printf "start->%10s<-end\n", "áéíóú"
>
> string s1 = sprintf("start->%10s<-end\n", "aeiou")
> string s2 = sprintf("start->%10s<-end\n", "áéíóú")
> print s1 s2
> <\hansl>
>
> I believe Gretl is ignoring accented names when formating the output.

I'm not sure (of course), but I wouldn't be surprised if this has
something to do with different text encoding standards and the
system-dependent underlying C library. Perhaps something like gretl
using Unicode and clashing with the Windows codepage. Is this on Windows?


Dear Sven, the same behavior on Windows 7 and Mac OS El Capitan.
Best,
Henrique Andrade