[Python-Dev] GSoC: Replace MS Windows Console with Unicode UI

[Terry Reedy]

Glenn Linderman wrote:

> 
> One can set CMD into Unicode mode (chcp 65001)... not sure how Python 
> reacts to that either.  But even then...

I tried that and others have reported doing so on python-list but no one 
has gotten that to work.

> CMD will only use fixed-width fonts, and none of the standard XP ones 
> seem to contain all of Unicode.  Not sure if that has improved on Vista 
> or 7, as they don't run here.
> 
> It _would_ be nice to get this resolved, somehow.

Definitely.

tjr