[Tutor] logging to cmd.exe

[Mats Wichmann]

On 09/26/2017 05:22 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote:

> Rather than change your code can you change the codepage with the chcp 
> command?

the way chcp takes effect is problematic for this:

"Programs that you start after you assign a new code page use the new
code page, however, programs (except Cmd.exe) that you started before
assigning the new code page use the original code page. "

so making the change from inside the code does not seem like it will work.


> ========> Good to keep in mind, but my objection would be similar to that with specifying the PYTHONIOENCODING variable: one needs to change the environment first before the script runs without errors.

quicktip: try Python 3.6.  It's had a change in this area and no longer
uses the code page.

I think there's also a module you can use for pre-3.6, sorry too lazy to
do a search.