Problem installing plugins

[jgrocha]

Author Name: Daniel Fruzynski (Daniel Fruzynski)
Original Redmine Issue: 4141
Affected QGIS version: master
Redmine category:python_plugins

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QGIS 1.7 has problem loading user plugins. I suspect this is caused by fact that user's profile directory contains non-ascii chars in path - in this case "C:\Users\Buława\". Error message is below.

Cannot load plugin 'numericalDigitize' z ['C:/PROGRA~1/QUANTU~1/apps/qgis/./python', 'C:/Users/Bu⠐⟍awa/.qgis/python', 'C:/Users/Bu⠐⟍awa/.qgis/python/plugins', 'C:/PROGRA~1/QUANTU~1/apps/qgis/./python/plugins', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\bin\\python25.zip', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25\\DLLs', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25\\lib', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25\\lib\\plat-win', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25\\lib\\lib-tk',
'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\qgis\\bin', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\win32', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\\lib', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\Pythonwin', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\wx-2.8-msw-unicode', 'C:\\PROGRA~1\\QUANTU~1\\apps\\qgis\\python\\plugins\\fTools\\tools']

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/PROGRA~1/QUANTU~1/apps/qgis/./python\\qgis\\utils.py", line 117, in loadPlugin
    __import__(packageName)
  File "C:/PROGRA~1/QUANTU~1/apps/qgis/./python\\qgis\\utils.py", line 283, in _import
    mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
ImportError: No module named numericalDigitize

Python version:
2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]


QGIS version:
1.7.0-Wroclaw Wroclaw, 63ecdd7

Python location: ['C:/PROGRA~1/QUANTU~1/apps/qgis/./python', 'C:/Users/Bu\\xc5\\x82awa/.qgis/python', 'C:/Users/Bu\\xc5\\x82awa/.qgis/python/plugins', 'C:/PROGRA~1/QUANTU~1/apps/qgis/./python/plugins', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\bin\\\\python25.zip', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25\\\\DLLs', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25\\\\lib', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25\\\\lib\\\\plat-win', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25\\\\lib\\\\lib-tk', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\qgis\\\\bin',
'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25\\\\lib\\\\site-packages', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25\\\\lib\\\\site-packages\\\\win32', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25\\\\lib\\\\site-packages\\\\win32\\\\lib', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25\\\\lib\\\\site-packages\\\\Pythonwin', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\Python25\\\\lib\\\\site-packages\\\\wx-2.8-msw-unicode', 'C:\\\\PROGRA~1\\\\QUANTU~1\\\\apps\\\\qgis\\\\python\\\\plugins\\\\fTools\\\\tools']

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Related issue(s): #14240 (relates)
Redmine related issue(s): 4303

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