It is possible to output some non Latin1 symbols if you use the wide string API but not all of them. Basically the console supports all European language but nothing else - Latin, Cyrillic and Greek.
2010/11/2 David Sankel <cam...@gmail.com>: > Is there a ghc "wontfix" bug ticket for this? Perhaps we can make a small C > test case and send it to the Microsoft people. Some[1] are reporting success > with Unicode console output. > David > > [1] http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/unicode_console_output.aspx > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Krasimir Angelov <kr.ange...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> This is evidence for the broken Unicode support in the Windows >> terminal and not a problem with GHC. I experienced the same many >> times. >> >> 2010/11/2 David Sankel <cam...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:20 PM, David Sankel <cam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello all, >> >> I'm attempting to output some Unicode on the windows console. I set my >> >> windows console code page to utf-8 using "chcp 65001". >> >> The program: >> >> >> >> -- Test.hs >> >> main = putStr "λ.x→x" >> >> >> >> The output of `runghc Test.hs`: >> >> >> >> λ.x→xxxx >> >> >> >> From within ghci, typing `main`: >> >> >> >> λ*** Exception: <stdout>: hPutChar: permission denied (Permission >> >> denied) >> >> >> >> I suspect both of these outputs are evidence of bugs. Might I be doing >> >> something wrong? (aside from using windows ;)) >> > >> > I forgot to mention that I'm using Windows XP with ghc 6.12.3. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > David Sankel >> > Sankel Software >> > www.sankelsoftware.com >> > 585 617 4748 (Office) >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list >> > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org >> > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users >> > >> > > > > > -- > David Sankel > Sankel Software > www.sankelsoftware.com > 585 617 4748 (Office) > _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
