Re: Support for Devanagari Script

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Andy,
  Thanks for investigating this.  I am using IDLE in windows 2000 and XP.
   
  I will try the variations you tried and will report the results.
   
  Thanks.
  vjktm

Andy Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
  > The main determining factor is whether the stdout can render the 
> bytestream that's thrown at it, and that depends on where you are 
> running your script. For example, on Windows, IDLE renders your UTF16 
> exactly the same as Firefox, Opera and IE6 render the UTF8 in the 
> created ex2.html. However running the script at the (DOS) command prompt 
> will throw an exception (unless there's a Devanagari DOS codepage).

Regrettably not all fonts have the character set you want and the DOS 
prompt is not a smart enough display device. However, browsers and IDLE 
are smart enough to switch to a 'fallback font' for characters they 
cannot display.

In Idle, which uses Courier (300kb on Windows), I get;

>>> print kSa.encode('UTF-8')

works fine.

>>> print kSa.encode('UTF-16')

prints rubbish.

>>> print kSa
works too but is almost certainly converting to utf8.

>From a DOS prompt, the UTF8 version prints rubbish. The command prompt 
font properties only give me two font choices, 'Raster Fonts' and 
'Lucida Console'. When I switch IDLE to a variety of different fonts, I 
still get the Devanagari character, IN THE SAME TYPEFACE, whichever font 
I choose.

Conclusion: DOS prompt does not have the display routines needed to 
handle Unicode output.

- Andy Robinson




 				
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<div>Andy,</div>  <div>Thanks for investigating this.&nbsp; I am using IDLE in windows 2000 and XP.</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>I will try the variations you tried and will report the results.</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>Thanks.</div>  <div>vjktm<BR><BR><B><I>Andy Robinson &lt;[email protected]&gt;</I></B> wrote:</div>  <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">&gt; The main determining factor is whether the stdout can render the <BR>&gt; bytestream that's thrown at it, and that depends on where you are <BR>&gt; running your script. For example, on Windows, IDLE renders your UTF16 <BR>&gt; exactly the same as Firefox, Opera and IE6 render the UTF8 in the <BR>&gt; created ex2.html. However running the script at the (DOS) command prompt <BR>&gt; will throw an exception (unless there's a Devanagari DOS codepage).<BR><BR>Regre
 ttably not all fonts have the character set you want and the DOS <BR>prompt is not a
 smart enough display device. However, browsers and IDLE <BR>are smart enough to switch to a 'fallback font' for characters they <BR>cannot display.<BR><BR>In Idle, which uses Courier (300kb on Windows), I get;<BR><BR>&gt;&gt;&gt; print kSa.encode('UTF-8')<BR><BR>works fine.<BR><BR>&gt;&gt;&gt; print kSa.encode('UTF-16')<BR><BR>prints rubbish.<BR><BR>&gt;&gt;&gt; print kSa<BR>works too but is almost certainly converting to utf8.<BR><BR>From a DOS prompt, the UTF8 version prints rubbish. The command prompt <BR>font properties only give me two font choices, 'Raster Fonts' and <BR>'Lucida Console'. When I switch IDLE to a variety of different fonts, I <BR>still get the Devanagari character, IN THE SAME TYPEFACE, whichever font <BR>I choose.<BR><BR>Conclusion: DOS prompt does not have the display routines needed to <BR>handle Unicode output.<BR><BR>- Andy Robinson<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR
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