Getting strange characters in the command prompt

[Martin v. Loewis]

sebb wrote:

> # -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
> print "é à è"
> 
> ... and I run it in the windows command prompt, I get strange
> characters I didn't ask for.
> 
[...]
> Can anyone help we with that problem?

As Irmen explains, this is because cmd.exe uses code page 850
(on your installation). You should write

print u"é à è"

Regards,
Martin