Bill Baxter wrote: > 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
I've just checked (it's been a long time since I used it) and you're correct. I don't know Why I remembered it as being GUI based, maybe the blue color threw me off..sorry for the confusion. but I'm sure that there are 3rd party GUI based shells for Windows.
