Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.079 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.85; '*S*': 0.01; 'anyway.': 0.05; 'widely': 0.05; 'environments': 0.07; 'subject:characters': 0.09; 'things,': 0.09; 'subject:Unicode': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'things.': 0.19; 'command': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'diverse': 0.24; 'subject:problem': 0.24; 'unicode': 0.24; 'distribute': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'character': 0.29; 'andrew': 0.30; 'lines': 0.31; 'subject:some': 0.31; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'received:10.0': 0.36; 'application': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'problems': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'environment.': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'users': 0.40; 'received:unknown': 0.61; 'simply': 0.61; 'save': 0.62; 'realized': 0.68; 'received:bluehost.com': 0.68; 'capability': 0.84; 'received:69.89': 0.84; 'start.': 0.84; 'utilities,': 0.84; 'beneficial': 0.91; 'graphical': 0.91 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=LbyvtFvi c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=bHMQH+OLnPEWGwbUEerQzQ==:117 a=bHMQH+OLnPEWGwbUEerQzQ==:17 a=cNaOj0WVAAAA:8 a=f5113yIGAAAA:8 a=tcnv99F1KMcA:10 a=NQx7NIpX_PoA:10 a=WiSE-OA02TIA:10 a=aDqhzxAoLLkA:10 a=9HSTQGAzAAAA:8 a=7j9GTTBHwvYA:10 a=foBewTYRo0cA:10 a=r77TgQKjGQsHNAKrUKIA:9 a=9iDbn-4jx3cA:10 a=cKsnjEOsciEA:10 a=jket_DBeYqMsSl2IlyQA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=PNWPlpYaqGCZqpEgvn8A:9 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:04:05 -0700 From: Glenn Linderman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: cmd.exe on WIndows - problem with displaying some Unicode characters References: <53DEC4F5.8090805@my.hennepintech.edu> <53DED137.7080907@g.nevcal.com> <53DF08B4.20600@g.nevcal.com> <53DF14DF.3090504@my.hennepintech.edu> <53DF5665.9050408@g.nevcal.com> <53DF6172.60704@my.hennepintech.edu> In-Reply-To: <53DF6172.60704@my.hennepintech.edu> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------080309030801000400010405" X-Identified-User: {1756:box1033.bluehost.com:areliabl:nevcal.com} {sentby:smtp auth 75.141.227.179 authed with test@nevcal.com} X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 52 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1407175457 news.xs4all.nl 2838 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51738 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:75701 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080309030801000400010405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 8/4/2014 3:33 AM, Andrew Berg wrote: > If you want to save your users the hassle, I would definitely > recommend a graphical environment. If I had realized that you intended your > application to be widely deployed, I would have simply recommended that from > the start. Graphical environments are good for some things, command line environments are good for other things. Unicode capability is beneficial in both. Many of the software tools I create and distribute are command line utilities, for people that use command lines anyway. The problems arise when they are multilingual, and need to use diverse character repertoires. --------------080309030801000400010405 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
On 8/4/2014 3:33 AM, Andrew Berg wrote:
If you want to save your users the hassle, I would definitely
recommend a graphical environment. If I had realized that you intended your
application to be widely deployed, I would have simply recommended that from
the start.

Graphical environments are good for some things, command line environments are good for other things.

Unicode capability is beneficial in both.

Many of the software tools I create and distribute are command line utilities, for people that use command lines anyway.  The problems arise when they are multilingual, and need to use diverse character repertoires.
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