On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I want the other characters to work I need to change the code page: > > O:\>chcp 65001 > Active code page: 65001 > > O:\>Q:\tools\Python33\python -c "import sys; > sys.stdout.buffer.write('\u03b1\n'.encode('utf-8'))" > α > > O:\>Q:\tools\Python33\python -c "import sys; > sys.stdout.buffer.write('\u03b1\n'.encode(sys.stdout.en > coding))" > α
I find that I also need to change the font. With the default font, printing '\u2013' gives me: – The only alternative font option I have in Windows XP is Lucida Console, which at least works correctly, although it seems to be lacking a lot of glyphs. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list