On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Yigal Chripun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steven Schveighoffer wrote: >> "Bill Baxter" wrote >>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 6:37 AM, ore-sama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Bill Baxter Wrote: >>>> >>>>> (like I haven't been able to figure out how to get the >>>>> DOS console in Windows to display UTF-8) >>>> Console is a legacy technology (you even still call it "DOS"), why expect >>>> features from it? >>> So tell me what the alternative is? I had trouble with running D >>> tools from a Cygwin shell. Can't remember if I tried MSYS or not. >> >> Any text-based program uses the same Windows console (unless it's a GUI >> application, and it uses controls to create a text box, etc). Including >> cygwin shell. >> >> To say it's a legacy technology is like saying Linux is a legacy technology >> because it's command line based. It's a false experience promoted by >> Microsoft to try and spread FUD about OSes that mainly support command line >> tools, like Linux. But command line tools are extremely useful and >> powerful, much easier to develop, and IMO easier to use. For instance, if >> you want to find all files that contain a certain text, grep -R text / and >> you're done. On windows it's 'click the start menu, select search, wait for >> the search window to pop up, click on the dog, etc'. Freaking annoying if >> you ask me ;) >> >> >>> Anyone using a shell for Windows that works and supports UTF-8 properly? >> >> I would guess it should work properly, most everything in windows supports >> unicode. Perhaps you have some configuration setting not set properly? I'd >> suggest searching msdn. >> >> -Steve >> >>
> PowerShell is GUI based as well. After downloading it and giving it a try, I find this claim somewhat suspect. What makes you say it's GUI based? It has the exact same decorations and goofy menu options as a regular non-GUI Windows console. If it were really a GUI, I doubt they would go through the extra programming effort required to make it look *exactly* like a console app. --bb
