Fix Github Workflow Badge:

* https://github.com/badges/shields/issues/8733
* https://docs.github.com/en/actions/monitoring-and-troubleshooting-workflows/adding-a-workflow-status-badge

.github/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
-name: Build Python Wheels
+name: CI Build Wheel
 
 on:
   push:
-    #branches: [master]
+    # branches: [master]
     tags: ["v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"]
 
 jobs:
@@ -40,16 +40,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: wheel-config
           path: python/
-      - name: Install iconv for Windows
-        if: matrix.os == 'windows-2019'
-        steps:
-          - name: Get vcpkg repo
-            run: git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
-          - name: Install vcpkg
-            run: .\vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
-            working-directory: vcpkg/
-          - name: Install required package libiconv
-            run: vcpkg install libiconv
       - name: Build wheels
         run: python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
         working-directory: python/

README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 
-[![Total alerts](https://img.shields.io/lgtm/alerts/g/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite.svg?logo=lgtm&logoWidth=18)](https://lgtm.com/projects/g/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite/alerts/)
-[![Language grade: C/C++](https://img.shields.io/lgtm/grade/cpp/g/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite.svg?logo=lgtm&logoWidth=18)](https://lgtm.com/projects/g/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite/context:cpp)
-[![Language grade: Python](https://img.shields.io/lgtm/grade/python/g/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite.svg?logo=lgtm&logoWidth=18)](https://lgtm.com/projects/g/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite/context:python)
 [![LICENSE](https://img.shields.io/github/license/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite)](https://img.shields.io/github/license/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite)
 [![STARS](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite)](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite)
-![Build Python Wheels](https://github.com/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite/actions/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml/badge.svg)
+![CI Build Wheel](https://github.com/RecordEvolution/IMCtermite/actions/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml/badge.svg?branch=&event=push)
+[![PYPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/IMCtermite.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/IMCtermite/)
 
 # IMCtermite
 
@@ -233,3 +231,6 @@ can be found in the `python/examples` folder.
 - https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
 - https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/blob/main/examples/github-deploy.yml
 - https://cibuildwheel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/deliver-to-pypi/
+- https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
+- https://vcpkg.io/en/packages.html
+- https://vcpkg.io/en/getting-started

lib/imc_channel.hpp

@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 #include <chrono>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <time.h>
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <iconv.h>
+#elif defined(__WIN32__) || defined(_WIN32)
+#define timegm _mkgmtime
+#endif
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
 
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ namespace imc
     return sumstr;
   }
 
+  #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
   // convert encoding of any descriptions, channel-names, units etc.
   class iconverter
   {
@@ -215,6 +220,14 @@ namespace imc
         astring = outstring;
       }
   };
+  #elif defined(__WIN32__) || defined(_WIN32)
+  class iconverter
+  {
+    public:
+      iconverter(std::string in_enc, std::string out_enc, size_t out_buffer_size = 1024) {}
+      void convert(std::string &astring) {}
+  };
+  #endif
 
   // channel
   struct channel
@@ -483,10 +496,18 @@ namespace imc
     // convert any description, units etc. to UTF-8 (by default)
     void convert_encoding()
     {
+      // actual input codepage
+      std::string cpn;
+
       if ( !codepage_.empty() )
       {
         // construct iconv-compatible name for respective codepage
-        std::string cpn = std::string("CP") + codepage_;
+        cpn = std::string("CP") + codepage_;
+      }
+      else {
+	// assume codepage 1252 by default
+	cpn = std::string("CP1252");
+      }
 
       // set up converter
       std::string utf = std::string("UTF-8");
@@ -505,7 +526,6 @@ namespace imc
       conv.convert(group_name_);
       conv.convert(group_comment_);
     }
-    }
 
     // get info string
     std::string get_info(int width = 20)

python/IMCtermite.pyx

@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ from IMCtermite cimport cppimctermite
 
 import json as jn
 import decimal
+import platform
+
+# auxiliary function for codepage conversion
+def get_codepage(chn) :
+    if platform == 'Windows' :
+        chndec = jn.loads(chn.decode(errors="ignore"))
+        chncdp = chndec["codepage"]
+        return 'utf-8' if chncdp is None else chncdp
+    else :
+        return 'utf-8'
 
 cdef class imctermite:
 
@@ -22,7 +32,7 @@ cdef class imctermite:
   # get JSON list of channels
   def get_channels(self, bool include_data):
     chnlst = self.cppimc.get_channels(True,include_data)
-    chnlstjn = [jn.loads(chn.decode(errors="ignore")) for chn in chnlst]
+    chnlstjn = [jn.loads(chn.decode(get_codepage(chn),errors="ignore")) for chn in chnlst]
     return chnlstjn
 
   # print single channel/all channels

python/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.9
+2.0.20