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[yangulei]

Thanks for sharing this useful tool 👍
I have some Chinese names in the file "predefined_classes.txt".
At first, I just open "predefined_classes.txt" with Windows' notepad and type in the names, but I got the errors as below:

then I save the "predefined_classes.txt" with UTF-8 encoding. The app opened successfully, then I began to label the objects, I draw a box and the Chinese name list popup as it should be, but when I select a name by double click, I got the errors below:

I can still continue to label more objects, but none of them will be saved, the "Save" button is in gray and the Box Labels list is empty:

• OS: Windows 10 1803
• labelImg version: prebuilt binary Windows_v1.7.0

[liuyiyiyiyi]

Have you saved the problem?

[zhuolyang]

Hello, have you solved this problem? I have encountered the same problem

[tzutalin]

Did u still meet the issue? It should be fixed already if u uses the latest version

[yangulei]

@tzutalin
I tried the new Windows v1.8.1 release, it works fine now, big thanks!
You can close this issue now.

@liuyiyiyiyi @zhuolyang
The latest release works fine with Chinese labels now, just don't forget to save the "predefined_classes.txt" with UTF-8 encoding.

[tzutalin]

Thanks for verifying

[liuyiyiyiyi]

Thank you.The latest relase is ok.