fix(encoding): UTF-8 support for European characters

.gitignore

@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ debian/switchfin*
 debian/.debhelper
 .wget-hsts
 /jniLibs/
+.gitmessage
+build_linux.sh
+BUILD_LINUX.md

app/src/main.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #include <borealis.hpp>
+#include <clocale>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "utils/config.hpp"
 #include "utils/thread.hpp"
@@ -37,6 +41,15 @@
 using namespace brls::literals;  // for _i18n
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    // Set UTF-8 locale for proper character encoding
+#if !defined(__PS4__) && !defined(__PSV__) && !defined(__SWITCH__) && !defined(_WIN32)
+    std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "C.UTF-8");
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+    SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
+    SetConsoleCP(CP_UTF8);
+    std::setlocale(LC_ALL, ".UTF8");
+#endif
+
     std::vector<std::string> items;
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
         if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "-d") == 0) {

app/src/tab/search_tab.cpp

@@ -91,10 +91,13 @@ class HistoryDataSource : public RecyclingGridDataSource {
 public:
     HistoryDataSource() {
         this->path = AppConfig::instance().configDir() + "/search.json";
-        std::ifstream readFile(this->path);
+        std::ifstream readFile(this->path, std::ios::binary);
         if (readFile.is_open()) {
             try {
-                this->list = nlohmann::json::parse(readFile);
+                // Read file content as UTF-8 and parse
+                std::string content((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(readFile)),
+                                    std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
+                this->list = nlohmann::json::parse(content);
             } catch (const std::exception& e) {
                 brls::Logger::error("load search history: {}", e.what());
             }
@@ -128,9 +131,10 @@ class HistoryDataSource : public RecyclingGridDataSource {
     }
 
     void save() {
-        std::ofstream writeFile(this->path);
+        std::ofstream writeFile(this->path, std::ios::binary);
         if (writeFile.is_open()) {
             nlohmann::json j(this->list);
+            // Ensure UTF-8 encoding when writing
             writeFile << j.dump(2);
             writeFile.close();
         }