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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] fhandler_pty_slave::setup_locale: respect charset == "UTF-8"
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:05:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200911090547.GE4127@calimero.vinschen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200910213403.0e876be50bc2d1bbd2da0979@nifty.ne.jp>

On Sep 10 21:34, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-patches wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:15:00 +0900
> Takashi Yano via Cygwin-patches <cygwin-patches@cygwin.com> wrote:
> > I'd propose the patch:
> > 
> > diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
> > index 37d033bbe..95b28c3da 100644
> > --- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
> > +++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
> > @@ -1830,7 +1830,11 @@ fhandler_pty_slave::setup_locale (void)
> >    extern UINT __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
> > 
> >    if (!get_ttyp ()->term_code_page)
> > -    get_ttyp ()->term_code_page = __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
> > +    {
> > +      get_ttyp ()->term_code_page = __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
> > +      SetConsoleCP (get_ttyp ()->term_code_page);
> > +      SetConsoleOutputCP (get_ttyp ()->term_code_page);
> > +    }
> >  }
> > 
> >  void
> > 
> > However, Johannes insists setting codepage for non-cygwin apps
> > even when pseudo console is enabled, which I cannot agree.
> > 
> > Actually, I hesitate even the patch above, however, it seems to
> > be necessary for msys apps in terms of backward compatibility.
> 
> I found that output of Oracle java.exe and javac.exe are garbled
> if the patch above is applied. This is because java.exe and javac.exe
> output SJIS code unconditionally in my environment.
> 
> OTOH, rust-based program such as cargo and ripgrep output UTF-8
> unconditionally. node.js also seems to output UTF-8 string by
> default.
> 
> I think there is no way for both apps to work properly if pseudo
> console is disabled. As far as I tested, both of them works when
> pseudo console is enabled. IMHO, the best way to achieve maximum
> compatibility, is enabling pseudo console, which is disabled in
> MSYS2 by default.
> 
> As for the case with pseudo console disabled:
> 
> If backward compatibility is important, we should apply the patch
> above. If compatibility with the behaviour in command prompt is
> important, we should leave the codepage to the system default.

Pseudo console is probbaly the way to go in future anyway.  For
older OSes and older apps, we might better opt for backward compat.
I'll apply your patch for the time being.


Thanks,
Corinna

  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-11  9:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-01 16:19 Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-02  6:06 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-02  8:30 ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-02  8:38   ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-02 10:54     ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-02 15:24       ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-02 16:09         ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-02 16:25         ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-02 16:38           ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-03 17:59             ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-04  9:21               ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-04 12:44                 ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-04 14:05                   ` Brian Inglis
2020-09-04 14:50                   ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-04 19:22                     ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-05  8:43                       ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-05 11:15                         ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-05 14:15                           ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-06  8:57                             ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-06 10:15                               ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-06 16:04                                 ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07  4:45                                   ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07  9:08                                     ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-07  9:54                                       ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07  9:59                                         ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-08  8:40                                     ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-08  9:45                                       ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-08 19:16                                         ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-10 13:08                                         ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07  8:27                           ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-07  8:38                             ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07  9:09                               ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-07  8:26                         ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-07  9:36                           ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07 18:24                             ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07 21:08                             ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-08  4:52                               ` Brian Inglis
2020-09-07 10:27                           ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07 13:40                             ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-08  7:55                               ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-06 10:28                   ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07  8:33                     ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-02  9:41   ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-02  6:26     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-02 13:06       ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-02  9:12         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-02 14:52           ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-04 10:03 ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-04  6:23   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-04 15:03     ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-07 21:17       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-08  8:16         ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-09  7:21           ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-10  0:15             ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-10 12:34               ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-11  9:05                 ` Corinna Vinschen [this message]
2020-09-11  9:23                   ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-10 14:04               ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-09-10 14:16                 ` Takashi Yano
2020-09-10 14:18                   ` Takashi Yano

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