Unicode issue on Windows cmd line

[Benjamin Kaplan]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:57 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>wrote:

> > Having issue on Windows cmd.
> >> Python.exe
> >>>> a = u'\xf0'
> >>>> print a
> >
> > This gives a unicode error.
> >
> > Works fine in IDLE, PythonWin, and my Macbook but I need to run this
> > from a windows batch.
> >
> > Character should look like this "ð".
> >
> > Please help!
>
> Well, your terminal just cannot display this character by default; you
> need to use a different terminal program, or reconfigure your terminal.
>
> For example, do
>
> chcp 1252
>
> and select Lucida Console as the terminal font, then try again.
>
> Of course, this will cause *different* characters to become
> non-displayable.


Well,

>
>
> Regards,
> Martin
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