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2186 :: Correct encoding for windows cmd.exe

• enthus1ast (orginal) [2016-04-06T13:54:20+02:00] view original

  Hi Folks,

  i'm using the windows.cmd and sublime text to get the output from this lines:

  
    import encodings
    echo getCurrentEncoding()
    var enc = open(destEncoding=getCurrentEncoding(), srcEncoding="utf-8")
    
    echo enc.convert("ö")
    echo "ö"
  Run

  Sublime gives me the expected result:

  
    windows-1252
    [Decode error - output not utf-8]
    ö
  Run

  since sublime utilize utf-8

  I thought the windows cmd is using windows-1252 but this seems untrue, cause it gives me:

  
    windows-1252
    ÷
    ├Â
  Run

  any idea what this could be? at least the first line should be printed because i converted it to the M$ encoding?

  I'm not really interested into printing to cmd.exe but i want to be shure that the encoding is correct, cause im working on a mime/quotet printables module.

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• OderWat (orginal) [2016-04-06T17:14:42+02:00] view original

  You could do 'chcp 65001' to change the console to utf-8 (needs lucida console font)

  See: http://superuser.com/questions/269818/change-default-code-page-of-windows-console-to-utf-8

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• flyx (orginal) [2016-04-06T18:46:53+02:00] view original

  I smell an off-by-one error here, ÷ is the code point after ö in windows-1252.

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• enthus1ast (orginal) [2016-04-06T22:22:29+02:00] view original

  @OderWat: now i see the correct output when echoing utf-8 so far so good!

  @flyx:

  echo "õ"
  echo "ö"
  echo "÷"
  echo "-------"
  echo enc.convert("õ") # 0x00F5 Unicode
  echo enc.convert("ö") # 0x00F6 Unicode
  echo enc.convert("÷") # 0x00F7 Unicode
  Run

  gives (again in M$ raster font):

  
  windows-1252
  ├Á
  ├Â
  ├À
  -------
  §
  ÷
  ¸
  Run

  Interresting, but i think i can live with that for now. Thx!

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