From: Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>
Date: 2011-05-17T23:30:37+09:00
Subject: Re: BARRIER - ruby gem - code converter not found (UTF-16LE to IBM737)

On 16 Μάϊος, 23:30, John W Higgins <wish...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/5/16 Ilias Lazaridis <il...@lazaridis.com>
>
> > On 16 ÌÜúïò, 17:31, Luis Lavena <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> > I cannot verify this, but even if your right:
>
> > Then it is most possibly an implementation defect, see below.
>
> > > 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.
>
> > I have a simple laptop, with Windows 7 on it, greek version.
>
> > DOS-age encodings or not:
>
> > I had _never_ with any toolkit any problems, and ruby 1.8 worked fine,
> > too.
>
> > And of course I have as simple expectation: that a native windows
> > installer will install a ruby 1.9 that works.
>
> > I don't like to touch the very basic OS setup, but I've tried:
>
> > Your "Troubleshooting" document suggests: chcp 1252 / chcp 65001.
>
> > But with those I can't write greek chars.
>
> You might consider Windows-1253 instead of 1252 as it's a Greek codepage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1253) - it appears to be a little
> friendlier with unicode.

I've tried. "gem install" works now - but the greek characters are not
displayed correctly.

The main problem is: I can tell a user "download and install ruby
1.9". But I like to avoid to ask them to change the command-line
setup.

I need at this point to isolate the issue, so the main question is:

Is this an issue with ruby, with "gem" or with the rubyinstaller?

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