nOn Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 5:53 PM M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
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> Overall, I think the approach with two different binaries
> is not going work well. Users will get confused and many problems
> will arise due to users installing the wrong version for the apps
> they use.
>
> We already let them choose bet
On 26.01.2021 09:24, Inada Naoki wrote:
> And we can provide two versions of Python for Windows.
>
> * "Python (UTF-8 version)" will enable the UTF-8 mode by default.
> * "Python (ANSI version)" will disable the UTF-8 mode by default.
>
> User can override the default by `-Xutf8` option and `PYTH
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 4:36 PM Eryk Sun wrote:
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> One concern is what to do for the special "ansi" and "oem" encodings.
> If scripts rely on them for IPC, such as with subprocess.Popen(), then
> it could be frustrating if they're just synonyms for UTF-8 (code page
> 65001). I've tested that it's
On 1/26/21, Eryk Sun wrote:
>
> The process active code page for GetACP() and GetOEMCP() is changed to
> UTF-8 (65001). The C runtime also overrides the user locale to UTF-8
> if GetACP() returns UTF-8, i.e. setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") will return
> "utf8" as the encoding.
One concern is what to do f
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 4:01 PM Eryk Sun wrote:
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> > * Windows team needs to maintain more versions.
>
> I suppose the installer could install both sets of binaries, and copy
> to "python[w][_d].exe" based on an installer option. But then the
> UTF-8 selection statistics wouldn't be tracked, unle
On 1/25/21, Inada Naoki wrote:
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> Microsoft provides UTF-8 code page for process. It can be enabled by
> manifest file.
>
> How about providing Python binaris both of "UTF-8 version" and "ANSI
> version"?
I experimented with this manifest setting several months ago. To try
it out, simply export
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021, at 22:49, William Pickard wrote:
> Looks like that's only available for Microsoft Store apps only, so it
> might not be viable for Python.
I think the "Fusion manifest for an unpackaged Win32 app" part applies to
non-store apps.
[English version of the page:
https://docs.
Aren't there too many different Windows installers already? I worry that
it's too hard to choose which one to use (I know I had to ask another
expert :-).
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 7:05 PM Inada Naoki wrote:
> Sorry for posting multiple threads so quickly.
>
> Microsoft provides UTF-8 code page fo
As my understanding, "Fusion manifest for an unpackaged Win32 app" (*)
works for non Store Apps too.
(*)
https://docs.microsoft.com/ja-jp/windows/uwp/design/globalizing/use-utf8-code-page#examples
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