From: Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT Date: 2004-01-27T10:23:26+09:00 Subject: Re: Output problem with accented characters Hi! * Luis Paulo Oliveira: > print "Isto � texto com carateres acentuados: ������" > > If I use irb everything goes ok. But if I save this as a text file, > ex: test.rb and run it through the ruby interpreter it prints > garbage in place of the accented caracters. How can I have the > correct caracters printed ? Sounds familiar even though I have not been using Windows for quite a long time: If you see a lowercase beta, lowercase pi, lowercase gamma, lower part of integral symbol, centered dot an lowercase theta the problem is that that the console uses Codepage 865 while the GUI uses codepage 1252. Find an editor that is capable of saving the file in cp 865 or a conversion tool or simply used 'edit' to write the program :-> Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT -- http://oss.erdfunkstelle.de/ruby/ - German comp.lang.ruby-FAQ http://rubyforge.org/users/jupp/ - Ruby projects at Rubyforge -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Germany 2004: To boldly spy where no GESTAPO / STASI has spied before