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Re: [PATCH 3/5] Warn if the Windows console font doesn't support Unicode

From
Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
Date
Jun 6, 2014, 21:18 UTC
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Stepan Kasal:
> +	warning("Your console font probably doesn\'t support Unicode. If "
> +		"you experience strange characters in the output, consider "
> +		"switching to a TrueType font such as Lucida Console!");

As you mention this is an old patch series, but I would recommend modernizing the suggestion here to recomment "Consolas". It is available in all current versions of Windows (Vista and later), and seem to have better Unicode support according to <http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/font/consolas/list.htm> vs <http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/font/lucida_console/list.htm>

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\\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/
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  1. 0/5 First part of Unicode console support for msysgitStepan Kasal, Jun 6, 2014
  2. 1/5 Support Unicode console output on WindowsStepan Kasal, Jun 6, 2014
  3. 2/5 Detect console streams more reliably on WindowsStepan Kasal, Jun 6, 2014
  4. 3/5 Warn if the Windows console font doesn't support UnicodeStepan Kasal, Jun 6, 2014
  5. Peter KreftingJun 6, 2014
  6. Stepan KasalJun 7, 2014
  7. 4/5 Win32: move main macro to a functionStepan Kasal, Jun 6, 2014
  8. 5/5 Win32: Thread-safe windows console outputStepan Kasal, Jun 6, 2014
  9. Peter KreftingJun 6, 2014
  10. Karsten BleesJun 6, 2014
  11. Karsten BleesJun 6, 2014
  12. Stepan KasalJun 6, 2014
  13. 0/6 First part of Unicode console support for msysgitStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  14. 1/6 Support Unicode console output on WindowsStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  15. 2/6 Detect console streams more reliably on WindowsStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  16. 3/6 Warn if the Windows console font doesn't support UnicodeStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  17. 4/6 Win32: add Unicode conversion functionsStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  18. 5/6 Win32: Thread-safe windows console outputStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  19. Johannes SixtJun 13, 2014
  20. 7/6 Win32: reliably detect console pipe handlesKarsten Blees, Jun 13, 2014
  21. 6/6 Win32: fix broken pipe detectionStepan Kasal, Jun 7, 2014
  22. Stepan KasalJun 6, 2014

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