Settings from lang.sh causing garbled output in dialog when run from cmd.exe

Settings from lang.sh causing garbled output in dialog when run from cmd.exe

[Matt D.]

If I invoke a login shell from a Windows command prompt and run a dialog:

dialog --no-cancel --inputbox "test" 0 0 ""

I get garbled output. I do not have this issue when running from mintty.

See the following image examples:

http://imgur.com/a/Y4mEC
http://imgur.com/a/7akZQ

If I remove this line from /etc/profile.d/lang.sh:

test -z "${_LC_ALL_SET_:-${LC_CTYPE:-$LANG}}" && export 
LANG=$(/usr/bin/locale -uU)

Then the problem goes away.

Why am I getting garbled output with this line present?


Matt D.

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Re: Settings from lang.sh causing garbled output in dialog when run from cmd.exe

[David Macek]

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On 6. 4. 2017 11:39, Matt D. wrote:
> Why am I getting garbled output with this line present?

Try calling `/proc/cygdrive/c/windows/system32/chcp.com 65001` before running `dialog ...`. Does that help?

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David Macek


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Re: Settings from lang.sh causing garbled output in dialog when run from cmd.exe

[David Macek]

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On 6. 4. 2017 16:22, Matt D. wrote:
> On 4/6/2017 5:47 AM, David Macek wrote:
>> Try calling `/proc/cygdrive/c/windows/system32/chcp.com 65001` before running `dialog ...`. Does that help?
> 
> It does not. I tried setting the code page to 65001 in cmd and/or after loading bash as a login shell. Neither solution worked.
> 
> This is very easily reproducible for me just by loading cmd, 'bash --login' and then running the dialog sample I provided.

Thanks for the response.

Re-posting back to the mailing list.

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David Macek


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