===Re:=== You cannot expect users to switch the locale. For example, I have to test our software with Japanese settings: I *cannot* switch to UTF-8 just because of git. Can you set the local codepage per program? (I don't know.) It might help here, but it doesn't help in all cases, particularly in certain pipelines: ===end=== Yes, you can. The code page can be set per thread. The function call is: SetThreadLocale (lcid); where lcid is just 65001 for UTF-8. (The other fields in the LCID are high-order bits and all zero for no sublanguage and default sort order). When a thread is created, it starts with the system default thread locale. So call SetThreadLocale on every thread you create. In particular, realize that the new thread does not inherit this from the creating thread. Meanwhile... the file I/O functions don't use the same code page. The encoding of file names on a floppy disk or whatnot was historically done using the "OEM code page", and when a different code page is used for text editing, that shouldn't break compatibility. So, all functions exported from Kernel32.dll that accept or return file names uses a separate setting, and setting the locale as shown above will not affect it. This might be the source of confusion to those experimenting with it. So, also make a call to SetFileApisToANSI(); This affects the entire process, not just the thread. So much for specifying UTF-8 file names in Windows. A related issue is the console input and output of same. I don't know if the sh program that is part of msys or Cygwin does anything to the console window it is using, but each console window can have its own code page as well. The default for 8-bit API (char*'s) is also the OEM character set, not the so-called ANSI character set that is specified with SetThreadLocale. I've not experimented with setting this (and restoring it) within a program invoked in that console. But if you use the 16-bit API for console I/O, it is not a problem and works regardless of how the user chose to set it. To make it even more confusing, the console doesn't respect the UTF-8 setting if the font is not set properly too. --John TradeStation Group, Inc. is a publicly-traded holding company (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) of three operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and NFA), TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a trading software and subscription company, and TradeStation Europe Limited, a United Kingdom, FSA-authorized introducing brokerage firm. None of these companies provides trading or investment advice, recommendations or endorsements of any kind. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
