On 1-8-2011 14:38, Ondrej wrote: >> I think that you have to configure the console to use UTF-8 output (but I >> don't know how this is done on Windows). > > I think that should be: > > SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8); > Thanks all, I got it to work using SetConsoleOutput. UTF8ToConsole did not work for me.
For posterity/the archives: program uniconsole; {$mode objfpc}{$H+} {$APPTYPE CONSOLE} uses {$IFDEF UNIX} {$IFDEF UseCThreads} cthreads, {$ENDIF} {Widestring manager needed for widestring support} cwstring, {$ENDIF} {$IFDEF WINDOWS} Windows, {for setconsoleoutputcp} {$ENDIF} Classes ; var UTF8TestString: string; begin {$IFDEF WINDOWS} SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8); {$ENDIF} UTF8TestString:= 'rosé, водка and ούζο'; writeln ('plain: ' + UTF8TestString); {Apparently we don't need UTF8ToConsole for this UTF8ToConsole did not do anything for me in fact.} end. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal