From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2011-05-16T23:35:24+09:00
Subject: Re: BARRIER - ruby gem - code converter not found (UTF-16LE to IBM737)

On May 16, 8:22 am, Ilias Lazaridis <il...@lazaridis.com> wrote:
> After visiting ruby-lang.org, I decided to get the actual 1.9.2
> version via
>
>
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Encoding::ConverterNotFoundError)
>     code converter not found (UTF-16LE to IBM737)
>
> A workaround:
>
> $> chcp 850
> $> gem install <some gem>
> $> chcp 737
>
> I've queried for a solutions, but didn't found something concrete,
> although this defect seems to be know for half a year.
>
> Is this an issue with ruby, with "gem" or with the rubyinstaller?
>

The error is not an bug, there is no way to convert IBM737 encoding to
UTF16 or UTF8, period.

You need to update your console to use a modern set of encoding/
codepage, also, do yourself a favor and use a TrueType font for it,
which will solve any possible rendering issue you might experience in
the future.

See this:
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/wiki/Troubleshooting

See how to permanently set your console. IBM737 and 850 are DOS-age
encodings.

--
Luis Lavena