Re: Emoji Progress Spinners

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Re^2: Emoji Progress Spinners by soonix (Canon) on Nov 05, 2021 at 08:30 UTC
Meanwhile, if I need Unicode output on a Windows console, I put the following near the top of the script: `use Win32::Console; my $codepage = Win32::Console::OutputCP(); Win32::Console::OutputCP(65000); binmode STDOUT, ':encoding(cp65000)';` [download] AFAIK, these settings are per-process, otherwise I'd change this into a BEGIN block with a corresponding END block - that's why I saved the `$codepage`, you can discard this line if you don't need to restore it within the script.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Emoji Progress Spinners by parv (Parson) on Nov 06, 2021 at 15:05 UTC
Thank you for the clue.	[reply]
Re^2: Emoji Progress Spinners by kcott (Archbishop) on Feb 07, 2021 at 11:31 UTC
G'day parv, Following the link you provided, I see quite a fair way down the page, where it has an old vs. new comparison, it says about the "old": "... to maintain backward compatibility, we have been unable to add ... unicode text, and emoji." That possibly explains why your earlier attempts had problems. Also, if I recall correctly, MSWin uses UTF-16 natively; so that's just another fly in the ointment. I've never been a big fan of cmd.exe; I wasn't overly impressed with PowerShell when I first encountered it a couple of years ago; this Windows Terminal looks a bit more promising and I may try it out at some point — I'm not rushing to do that, but I did at least bookmark that link. I also have Win10, but I use Cygwin on top of that, so these MS shell issues are somewhat moot. Anyway, I'm pleased to see you finally got it working. — Ken	[reply]
Re^2: Emoji Progress Spinners by soonix (Canon) on Feb 08, 2021 at 15:27 UTC
On my Windows 10 (Version 2004, although I was quite sure it were 20H2) if I chcp 65001, it looks OK. I'm calling Strawberry Perl via its "portableshell.bat" and then call powershell on top of it, but I assume chcp is more or less independent from the way it is invoked.	[reply]
Re^3: Emoji Progress Spinners by parv (Parson) on Feb 08, 2021 at 23:31 UTC
soonix, that is good and surprising to read. Version of Windows 10 Home I have is 20H2, OS build 19042.746. "`Use Legacy console`" option has been turned off. My experiment in 5 kinds of console windows ... Powershell 7.0.2 (was listed as "PowerShell 7-x64" in "Control Panel: Programs and Feature") ran `chcp`, then `portableshell.bat`, `perl.exe`; printed was ... ≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡ГЄ║ ≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Г≡Гюц Cmd an "improvement" is that cursor stays in place and "?" is displayed for both clock and moon. Windows Terminal; chosen from "Tasks" menu after right click on the icon ... Powershell (icon with black background) same as before Cmd (ran only `chcp` and `perl`) success with Strawberry Perl, not needed to use WSL. Windows PowerShell (icon with blue background) (ran only `chcp` and `perl`) success with Strawberry Perl Nested `dl` parsing seems to be busted here.	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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