On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Benji Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Baxter wrote: >>>> >>>> Anyone using a shell for Windows that works and supports UTF-8 properly? >>> >>> A regular Windows console supports UTF-8 to some extent: >>> >>> * Change console font to Lucida Console >>> * issue "chcp 65001" >>> >>> You can even get more fonts into there with a bit of hackery. >> >> I did that but "type <filewith-utf8.txt>" still prints garbage. > > That's weird. My machine (WinXp Sp3) has no problem printing UTF-8 to the > console. The only special thing I did was changed the font to Lucide > Console.
Ok. Thanks for the info. Knowing that it has actually worked for at least one person gives me motivation to try again. --bb