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| author | Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com> | 2016-08-30 21:22:36 -0700 |
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| committer | Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com> | 2016-08-30 21:22:36 -0700 |
| commit | 73392d64a0328bce848b448206b668f695640538 (patch) | |
| tree | eafe9f95df86d6d9e2749463ae244972536fed5d /Doc/using/cmdline.rst | |
| parent | 2844f9700077d2b3cc08358ad51f5af9292df8ee (diff) | |
| download | cpython-73392d64a0328bce848b448206b668f695640538.tar.gz | |
Issue #1602: Windows console doesn't input or print Unicode (PEP 528)
Closes #17602: Adds a readline implementation for the Windows console
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diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index 2a83bd1c18..75cb8ea24b 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -559,6 +559,10 @@ conflict. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 The ``encodingname`` part is now optional. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + On Windows, the encoding specified by this variable is ignored for interactive + console buffers unless :envvar:`PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSIOENCODING` is also specified. + Files and pipes redirected through the standard streams are not affected. .. envvar:: PYTHONNOUSERSITE @@ -686,6 +690,19 @@ conflict. .. versionadded:: 3.6 See :pep:`529` for more details. +.. envvar:: PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSIOENCODING + + If set to a non-empty string, does not use the new console reader and + writer. This means that Unicode characters will be encoded according to + the active console code page, rather than using utf-8. + + This variable is ignored if the standard streams are redirected (to files + or pipes) rather than referring to console buffers. + + Availability: Windows + + .. versionadded:: 3.6 + Debug-mode variables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |