Hi there!
All output, that comes from the svn internationalization, shows correctly
on both codepages, 850 and 1252. E. g. error messages or "svn help ci". Good.
(Font in use is Lucida Console.)
This shows, that it *is* possible for svn, to produce correct output on both
codepages, 850 and 1252.
But output that comes from file data ("svn cat file") only prints correct with
Codepage 1252. Seems, that this output goes through a different piece of code,
that is not able to adjust to the Codepage in use.
So at the moment the behaviour of svn with Codepage 850 is inconsistent:
sometimes supported ("svn help ci"), sometimes not ("svn cat").
Currently I need Cygwin's cat command to convert the output of "svn cat" to
Codepage 850:
svn cat file | cat
Feature request:
"svn cat file" should also work with Codepage 850.
Who agrees, that this feature request is worth a prio P4 issue?
(I have to use Codepage 850, because Cygwin needs it.)
Reproduction script:
--------------------
ver
chcp
# Codepage 850:
svn revert a # works (correct German umlaut character is displayed)
svn cat c # does not work (umlaut characters changed to weird characters)
# Codepage 1252:
chcp 1252
svn revert b # works (correct German umlaut character is displayed)
svn cat c # works (correct German umlaut character is displayed)
Full console output follows:
----------------------------
C:>ver
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
C:>chcp
Aktive Codepage: 850.
C:>svn revert a
Rückgängig gemacht: »a«
C:>svn cat c
õ÷³ -Í_ ¯ º -- abcd1234
C:>chcp 1252
Aktive Codepage: 1252.
C:>svn revert b
Rückgängig gemacht: »b«
C:>svn cat c
äöü ÄÖÜ ß § -- abcd1234
Paul.
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Paul Maier [mailto:svn-user_at_web.de]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 31. Oktober 2010 03:29
> An: 'users_at_subversion.apache.org'
> Betreff: Problem with code page on Windows XP SP3
>
> Hello David, Alexey,
>
> with your help, I could solve the problem for me.
> Thanks!
>
> For who is interested in my workaround:
>
> Yes, "chcp 1252" plus Lucida Console breaks the Cygwin output.
> I first thought of wrapping all Cygwin commands into batch
> scripts, like grep.bat containing "chcp 850; grep %*; chcp 1252".
> That works, as long the (batch) commands aren't concatenated in
> a pipe; then the first finishing batch script switches the
> code page back too early.
>
> Therefore, codepage 1252 is not an option for me, so I stay
> with Codepage 850.
> As a workaround I found, that
> svn cat | cat
> converts the output to the right display. That's ok for me.
>
> I even considered to start the dos console with the command
> cmd /K "cmd | cat"
> that runs ALL output automatically through cat. That works
> quite fine. Except that TAB key for file expansion doesn't
> work any more. But this solution failed because of something
> that I don't understand yet fully: some commands seem to be
> able to adjust to codepage 850. Look:
>
> "svn cat" works only fine at Codepage 1252.
> But: "svn help ci" works fine with both, Codepage 850 and 1252.
> So svn seems to be able to adjust to the Codepage sometimes.
>
> And this "svn help ci" breaks my "cmd | cat" trick, as
> "svn help ci" seems to be already adjusted to Codepage 850
> somehow, and gets double-adjusted by "| cmd" and therefore
> breaks the output. Sad thing. The "cmd | cat" would, once
> installed, have been an invisible solution. Tja, well.
>
> Paul.
>
>
Received on 2010-10-31 19:41:11 CET