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 ldtp (3.5.0-lliurex1) precise; urgency=low
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   * Upstream version with patch to fix bug with utf-8 names
Author: Hector Garcia Huerta <hectorgh@gmail.com>
Author: Raul Rodrigo Segura <raurodse@gmail.com>

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--- ldtp-3.5.0.orig/ldtpd/utils.py
+++ ldtp-3.5.0/ldtpd/utils.py
@@ -439,8 +439,22 @@ class Utils:
         Match given string, by escaping regex characters
         """
         # regex flags Multi-line, Unicode, Locale
-        return bool(re_match(glob_trans(pattern), string,
-                             re.M | re.U | re.L))
+        try:
+            try:
+                new_pattern=pattern.encode("utf-8")
+                if new_pattern == string :
+                    return True
+            except:
+                pass
+            ret=bool(re_match(glob_trans(pattern), string, re.M | re.U | re.L))
+            return ret
+        except:
+            try:
+                pattern=pattern.encode('utf-8')
+                return pattern in string
+            except Exception as e:
+                print "_glob_match"
+                raise e
 
     def _match_name_to_acc(self, name, acc, classType = None):
         """
@@ -895,6 +909,8 @@ class Utils:
                     if self._ldtp_debug:
                         print('Window found', gui, name)
                     return gui, name
+            if type(window_name) == type(u'unicode'):
+                window_name = window_name.encode('utf-8')
             if window_name == name:
                 if self._ldtp_debug:
                     print('Window found', gui, name)