A simple "chcp 1251" isn't enough. You'd find this:
[image: Inline image 2]
You'd also have to change the font (and know how). Nothing that can be
asked from simple users.
But that wasn't the point I wanted to bring up. Maybe I shouldn't have
included the "example" as it – as I noted – really doesn't cover the full
story of string encoding.
Erich
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 11:27 AM, hakan <[email protected]>
wrote:
> In your command window, do chcp 1252 and rerun your rexx below
>
> *Från:* Erich Steinböck <[email protected]>
> *Skickat:* måndag den 13 oktober 2014 11:12
> *Till:* Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List
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>
> Mostly applying to us "international" guys, there's one topic I'd like to
> bring up regarding string objects.
>
> Technically speaking it's impossible to correctly interpret any string
> content, as string instances do not provide a means to define their
> encoding.
>
> Today this makes it difficult to correctly accept input and generate
> output with local language special characters (e. g. German Umlaut
> characters).
>
> A simple example (that really doesn't cover the full story) under Windows
> 7:
> rexx -e "say 'Ölrückstände'" -> ╓lrⁿckstΣnde
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> Should String and Stream classes be enhanced to know their encoding?
>
> Erich
>
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