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On 3/19/2017 12:23 AM, Steven Penny wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 09:39:47, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> Why are you switching to cp 65001, btw?  It's completely unnecessary
>> for utf-8 to work in the Windows console.  Just stick to the default.
> 
> Sorry for delayed response. I knew I had a reason for this, but honestly
> forgot
> what it was. Here is the reason:
> 
>    $ cat omega.c
>    #include <stdio.h>
>    int main() {
>      printf("Ω\n");
>    }
> 
>    $ x86_64-pc-cygwin-gcc -o cygwin.exe omega.c
>    $ x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -o mingw32.exe omega.c
>    $ chcp.com 65001
>    Active code page: 65001
> 
>    $ ./cygwin.exe
>    Ω
> 
>    $ ./mingw32.exe
>    Ω
> 
>    $ chcp.com 437
>    Active code page: 437
> 
>    $ ./cygwin.exe
>    Ω
> 
>    $ ./mingw32.exe
>    Ω
> 
> So everything is normal until you run a mingw32 program with the wrong code
> page. You would never notice this with cygwin programs because as you
> can see
> they work with either code page.

This really isn't a Cygwin issue as I see it.  What occurs if you run
your mingw32.exe in a CMD command window?  This may be a mintty issue
but certainly not because of Cygwin itself.  But even the mintty case is
dependent on the results you see in CMD.

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