On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Wiktor <look@signature.invalid> wrote: > I have to ask - is there a way to make that original concept work? I know, > that CP437 has symbols "╖", "╢" and "╘", but does not have polish letters - > and I need to display them too.
Yeah, that's exactly the problem with codepages :) The best way to do it is to use the Unicode codepage, but cmd.exe just plain has issues. There are underlying Windows APIs for displaying text that have problems with astral characters (I think that's what it is), so ultimately, you're largely stuck. One option would be to render the whole thing graphically, abandoning cmd.exe altogether. That would be how a lot of telnet and SSH clients will do the work. Get a proper Unicode-supporting toolkit (Tkinter has issues with astral characters too, AIUI), and yes, you'll have to do a lot of work yourself. Or maybe, grab an actual telnet client, and write this as a socket server. I'd be delighted to help you with that option - I'm a MUDder and have spent innumerable dev hours on telnet clients! ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list