'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xae in position 225: invalid start byte

[Ajay-056]

Diagnostic output

jrnl: v3.2
Python: 3.10.7 (main, Sep 6 2022, 21:22:27) [GCC 12.2.0]
OS: Linux 5.15.74-3-MANJARO

Current Behavior

Changed the default path while started first. Can't able to add any notes stuck with this error

Expected Behavior

My note to be added in jornal.txt

Repro Steps

Not sure

Debug output

UnicodeDecodeError

Other Information

No response

[micahellison]

Hi @Ajay-056, thanks for the filing this. I suspect the issue is that you may have made an initial entry with a character that Python can't converted to UTF-8, probably because it is in a different character set, though I'm not sure. We know that some types of data can cause this but we haven't been able to reproduce it consistently.

Is there anything in your default journal at the path you see when you run jrnl --list and if so, would you be comfortable sharing it here?

Also, could you let us know if you were using an external editor or the built-in editor?

[Ajay-056]

Here is the output of the jrnl --list

Journals defined in config (/home/******/.config/jrnl/jrnl.yaml)

• default -> /home/******

Its the built in editor BTW

[micahellison]

Thanks @Ajay-056 for the information. If there is nothing private in your default journal file, would you be willing to attach it or send it to us?

And also, if you are willing to share the output of your locale Linux command, that may help us troubleshoot.

And lastly, you may be able to get past this error by deleting your default journal file and starting again, though I am worried the issue may appear again until we can fix the root cause.

[Ajay-056]

Closing this issue as it was a mistake while changing the path. Missed the text file name as I thought it would create by default.