ConsoleWrite only outputting ASCII/ANSI?

[rcmaehl]

I might be doing something wrong but I'm running a CUI compiled application in Powershell ISE and it's not outputting unicode characters in the console. I for a fact Powershell ISE supports unicode so I'm thinking it's something with AutoIt. Does ConsoleWrite just not output Unicode? Do CUI compiled applications run inside the old Windows Console when executed through Powershell? is there something else preventing this?

[jchd]

Should work with console in UTF8 and consolewriting string converted to UTF8.

[rcmaehl]

15 hours ago, jchd said:

and consolewriting string converted to UTF8.

What do you mean? I mean if I run in Powershell:

echo η γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική

It outputs

η γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική

However, if I run a compiled CUI autoit script that's just

ConsoleWrite("η γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική" & @CRLF)

It outputs

? ???ssa µ?? ?d?sa? e???????

Is there a setting I have to set in Autoit?

 

Edit: Never mind. Under "Unicode Support" it clearly states:
 

Quote

Console operations are converted to ANSI.

 

Edited April 11, 2016 by rcmaehl

[jchd]

What does this do?

ConsoleWrite(BinaryToString(StringToBinary("η γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική", 4), 1) & @CRLF)

 

[rcmaehl]

4 minutes ago, jchd said:

What does this do?

ConsoleWrite(BinaryToString(StringToBinary("η γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική", 4), 1) & @CRLF)

 

Writes properly in SciTE console now before compiling. After compiling Powershell outputs:

η γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική

instead of 

? ???ssa µ?? ?d?sa? e???????

However, I noticed after posting the last post that in Unicode Support in the help file it states:

Quote

Console operations are converted to ANSI.

Which means I probably need to put in a feature request ticket for this in the bug tracker if possible.

Edited April 11, 2016 by rcmaehl

[jchd]

Maybe there is a possibility to set the console to Unicode (UTF8), by forcing "chcp 65001" or something equivalent as the initial default codepage setting, but I'm not much experienced with CUI.

[rcmaehl]

Just now, jchd said:

Maybe there is a possibility to set the console to Unicode (UTF8), by forcing "chcp 65001" or something equivalent as the initial default codepage setting, but I'm not much experienced with CUI.

Already tried that. Nothing changed.

[jchd]

There must be a registry setting hidden somewhere, but only MS knows where.

[rcmaehl]

Are you saying that it works compiled on your system?

[jchd]

Yes I made it work. In registry go to HKCU/Console and add two new keys:

CodePage (DW) = FDE9 (this is 65001)

Facename (String) = "Lucida Console" (warning, case sensitive!!!)

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Change2CUI=y

ConsoleWrite(BinaryToString(StringToBinary("η γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική ЊЋЌЎЏАБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛЩЯ ⅛⅜⅝⅞ ∙≠≡≤≥⌂", 4), 1) & @CRLF)
Sleep(5000)

You can use any fixed pitch font, like DejaVu Sans Mono, etc. Change window size, fontsize, ... accordingly so that out is easily readable.

EDIT: forgot to mention that it's quite possible that some other CUI tool wouldn't like those settings. Also verify that your system boots correctly after changes.

Best of luck!

Edited April 11, 2016 by jchd

[rcmaehl]

On 4/11/2016 at 11:33 AM, jchd said:

EDIT: forgot to mention that it's quite possible that some other CUI tool wouldn't like those settings. Also verify that your system boots correctly after changes.

Ouch. Would prefer not to suggest changing the registry with something that could mess up boot as a bypass to a glitch I can't fix.

[jchd]

Since this setting is in user reg space, I don't believe it would stop booting. Also you can change regsitry at program startup and revert changes at termination. Just try.

[jchd]

On 4/10/2016 at 1:31 AM, rcmaehl said:

I'm running a CUI compiled application in Powershell ISE and it's not outputting unicode characters in the console. I for a fact Powershell ISE supports unicode so I'm thinking it's something with AutoIt. Does ConsoleWrite just not output Unicode?

Force PS to use UTF8:

PowerShell 7.2.4
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.

PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7> chcp
Page de codes active : 850
PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7> chcp 65001
Page de codes active : 65001
PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7>  echo "η γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική"
η γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική
PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7>

There must be a hidden setting somewhere, probably in registry, to set PS default charset.