From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2006-11-16T01:28:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows command & unicod

On 11/15/06, m44rt3n@yahoo.com <m44rt3n@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem using unicode characters in the windows command.
>
> As a very simple example, when I type this:
>
> H:\>ruby -e 'puts "rien � faire"'
>
> I will get the following:
>
> rien � faire
>
> Does anyone know what causes this?
> When I run my scripts from Scite, this problem doesn't come up.
>

I believe the Windows command prompt displays text using the system
codepage (the Regional Settings control panel). I'm not aware of a way
to make it treat things as real UTF-8.

Let me know if you figure it out, though. Heh.