Unicode windows console output.

[David Sankel]

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.angelov at 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 <camior at gmail.com>:
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:20 PM, David Sankel <camior at 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.
> >
> >
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David Sankel
Sankel Software
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