Writing unicode strings to the console

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 01:29:55AM +0100, Jeremy DeHaan wrote:
> I was playing with unicode strings the other day, and have been
> searching for a way to correctly write unicode to the console.
> 
> If I try something like:
> 
> dstring String = "さいごの果実";
> 		
> writeln(String);
> 
> All I get is a bunch of nonsense as if it converts the dstring into a
> regular string. Is it possible to write the unicode string to the
> console correctly?

It works for me (urxvt on Linux/64bit).

What console are you using? Does your console support Unicode output?
Did you set the console's encoding to UTF-8?


T

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