On 31. 7. 2017 14:36, David Macek wrote:
> On 31. 7. 2017 11:48, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> Well, it works for me.  I tested this in tcsh, bash and od on
>> Windows 10.
> 
> I tested on Windows 2012 R2 (8.1 equivalent) and I can confirm Steven's findings.  Tried with an older installation and then once more after a complete update (`uname -a`s below).
> 
> - CYGWIN_NT-6.3 computername 2.8.0(0.309/5/3) 2017-04-01 20:47 x86_64 Cygwin
> - CYGWIN_NT-6.3 computername 2.8.2(0.313/5/3) 2017-07-12 10:58 x86_64 Cygwin
> 
>>> - Alt 148 outputs nothing
>>> - Alt 0246 outputs nothing
>>> - Pasting this character does not work
> 
> I ran Cygwin from a clean command window (`cmd /d`) using `chcp ...` and `bin\bash -li`.  The ö's don't appear in bash with CP 65001. Other combinations (bash with CP 437, cmd with either CP) allow ö's to appear.
> 
> Try the legacy console (conhost v1), if you haven't already.  Maybe it will show the same behavior even on Windows 10.

Oh, and after reading through the whole thread, I realize I should add that I've set Consolas as my font.

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David Macek