[\[!table Error: Cannot decode string with wide characters at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24/Encode.pm line 243.]]
> That file is owned by the `libperl5` package, but I think I've seen an error mentioning `Text::CSV` i.e. `libtext-csv-perl` when I've encountered this before. -- [[Jon]]
+
+>> A related problem, also fixed by using DSV, is messing up the encoding of non-ASCII, non-wide characters, e.g. £ (workaround was to use £ instead) -- [[Jon]]
+
+>>> Sorry, I have faced the same error: \[[!table Error: Cannot decode string with wide characters at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24/Encode.pm line 243.]] -- [[tumashu1]]
+
+---
+
+The below patch seem to deal with this problem:
+
+ From d6ed90331b31e4669222c6831f7a0f40f0677fe1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+ From: Feng Shu <tumashu@163.com>
+ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 08:41:39 +0800
+ Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix table plugin can handle UTF-8 csv format
+
+ ---
+ IkiWiki/Plugin/table.pm | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+ From ad1a92c796d907ad293e572a168b6e9a8219623f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+ From: Feng Shu <tumashu@163.com>
+ Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 08:41:39 +0800
+ Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix table plugin can handle UTF-8 csv format
+
+ ---
+ IkiWiki/Plugin/table.pm | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+ diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/table.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/table.pm
+ index f3c425a37..7fea8ab1c 100644
+ --- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/table.pm
+ +++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/table.pm
+ @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ sub split_csv ($$) {
+ my $csv = Text::CSV->new({
+ sep_char => $delimiter,
+ binary => 1,
+ + decode_utf8 => 1,
+ allow_loose_quotes => 1,
+ }) || error("could not create a Text::CSV object");
+
+ @@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ sub split_csv ($$) {
+ foreach my $line (@text_lines) {
+ $l++;
+ if ($csv->parse($line)) {
+ - push(@data, [ map { decode_utf8 $_ } $csv->fields() ]);
+ + push(@data, [ $csv->fields() ]);
+ }
+ else {
+ debug(sprintf(gettext('parse fail at line %d: %s'),
+ --
+ 2.19.0
+
+> Thanks, I've applied that patch and added test coverage. [[done]] --[[smcv]]
+
+----
+
+I can confirm that the above patch fixes the issue for me. Thanks! I'm not an ikiwiki committer, but I would encourage them to consider the above. Whilst I'm at it, I would be *really* grateful for some input on [[todo/support_multi-row_table_headers]] which relates to the same plugin. [[Jon]]
+
+----
+
+I've hit this bug with an inline-table and 3.20190228-1 (so: patch applied), with the following definition
+
+ [[\!table class=fullwidth_table delimiter=" " data="""
+
+ Number Title Own? Read?
+ I (HB1), 70 (PB1), 5 (PB50) Dune O ✓"""]]
+
+I'm going to attempt to work around it by moving to an external CSV. — [[Jon]]
+
+> What version of Text::CSV (Debian: `libtext-csv-perl`) are you using?
+> What version of Text::CSV::XS (Debian: `libtext-csv-xs-perl`) are you
+> using, if any?
+>
+> I could't reproduce this with `libtext-csv-perl_2.00-1` and
+> `libtext-csv-xs-perl_1.39-1`, assuming that the whitespace in
+> `delimiter="..."` was meant to be a literal tab character, and that
+> the data row has literal tabs before Dune, before O and before ✓.
+>
+> It would be great if you could modify `t/table.t` to include a failing
+> test-case, and push it to your github fork or something, so I can apply
+> it without having to guess precisely what the whitespace should be.
+> --[[smcv]]
+
+>> Sorry, I appreciate as bug reports go my last post was not that useful.
+>> It's serving as a sort-of personal placeholder to investigate further.
+>> The issue can be seen live [here](https://jmtd.net/fiction/sf_masterworks/),
+>> the source is [here](https://jmtd.net/tmp/sf_masterworks.mdwn). The web
+>> servers versions are ikiwiki 3.20190228-1,
+>> libtext-csv-perl 1.33-2 and libtext-csv-xs-perl is not installed.
+>> I'll do some futher diagnosis and poking around.
+>> — [[Jon]]
+>>
+>> OK: issue exists with oldstable/Stretch, and is seemingly fixed in stable/Buster.
+>> `libcsv-text-xs-perl` doesn't seem to matter (presence or absence doesn't change
+>> the bug). Upgrading just `libtext-csv-perl` on a Stretch host with Buster's
+>> 1.99-1 is not sufficent to fix it. As per the error, I think libperl5 might be
+>> relevant, i.e. bug present in 5.24.1-3+deb9u5 and fixed by 5.28.1-6.
+>>
+>> EDIT: yes indeed merely upgrading to libperl5.28=5.28.1-6 in stretch fixes the
+>> issue.
+>> — [[Jon]]
+>>
+>> Post Buster-upgrade, and it's *still* broken on my webhost, which shows
+>> `[\[!table Error: Wide character at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.28/Encode.pm line 296.]]`
+>> with libperl5.28:amd64 5.28.1-6, libtext-csv-perl 1.99-1 and
+>> libtext-csv-xs-perl 1.38-1. Further fiddling will commence.
+>> (removing libtext-csv-xs-perl does not help.)
+— [[Jon]]
+
+>>> Still hitting this [[plugins/table]] bug, using ikiwiki=3.20200202.3, buster system, no libtext-csv-perl installed,
+>>> libperl5.28:amd64 5.28.1-6, no libtext-csv-xs-perl. Workaround is to set format=tsv,
+>>> even though I'm overriding the delimiter to \t. This reproduces easily in the quay.io/jdowland/opinionated-ikiwiki
+>>> container FWIW. *— [[Jon]], 2020-06-26*