Proposed fix for JS warning in decoding strings #8286
Description
Applet version/Build date
2025-10-08 23:24:16
Cinnamon version
6.4.12
Distribution
Fedora 43
Graphics hardware and driver used
No response
Applet name and maintainer
batterypower@joka42 @joka42
What happened?
Logs are filled with warnings about String decoding in the functions used. Attached is a proposal to safely handle string decoding in compliance with JS specifications to avoid such warnings and limit crashes.
This has been tested for a few days on my system, more testing is of course advised and
Other information
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