For me, the problem is still there with the CVS snapshot I checked out today. Without any special setting I get messages on the console like
Gtk-Message: The filename "anyname\366something" couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Looks like something is wrong with your locale. We use the standard glib functions g_filename_{to/from}_utf8. Try non-ascii filenames with another GTK program, such as Gimp, and see if it works for you.
when changing to a directory which contains such filenames in the file selection dialog. If I set G_FILENAME_ENCODING it gets even worse. On startup I get lots of messages like
** (inkscape:30455): CRITICAL **: Unable to load stock pixmap /opt/inkscape-cvs/share/inkscape/icons/zoom_out.xpm
Just do "make install".
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