' 3: from /usr/bin/fzf:309:in `start' 2: from /usr/bin/fzf:1157:in `start_loop' 1: from /usr/bin/fzf:929:in `get_input' /usr/bin/fzf:929:in `ord': invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 (ArgumentError) $ and I mean what I say, pressing ö immediately leads to it, no tricks, no custom builds, no debugs enabled, no nothing. Best Regards Ariel Burbaickij On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 11:10 PM Brian Inglis < Brian DOT Inglis AT systematicsw DOT ab DOT ca> wrote: > On 2021-01-25 14:12, Ariel Burbaickij via Cygwin wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:59 PM Brian Inglis wrote: > >> On 2021-01-25 05:46, Ariel Burbaickij via Cygwin wrote: > >>> I tried to find some files from the command line prompt which are > named > >>> using various non-Latin (Russian, Hebrew, Arabic) and non-default > Latin > >>> (German) layouts under Windows 10 Enterprise using recent cygwin > version > >>> and the outcome is that instead of representing letters I see control > >>> characters of the type: \263\320\321 (Unicode numeric value of the > >>> letters?). Any ideas what happens here and how correct functionality > can > >>> be restored? > > >> Which command line prompt(s): cmd, mintty, rxvt, xterm, ...? > >> Where and how did you switch layouts: Windows keyboard mapping, Windows > >> system locale, Windows user regional settings, chcp, LANG, LC_CTYPE, > >> LC_ALL, ...? > >> If you are using a terminal, what are the terminal locale and code page > >> settings? > >> Maybe you could explicitly show and tell us what characters you used > >> (sending in hex please and also in 8bit UTF-8 for maximum readability: > that > >> looks like octal which went out with ASCII, ISO-646, SBCS code pages), > show > >> us how the filenames appear including the locales and the shell command > >> lines, and show and tell us what you expect, and what is the difference > in > >> what you see. > >> For details on Cygwin file name special character mappings, see: > >> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html > > I used mintty -- default in cygwin installation as I understand. > > I switch layouts by switching keyboard mappings, mappings are customized > > from the standard ones to what is called "phonetic" for non-Latin > alphabets > > but this is handled just fine everywhere outside Cygwin. > > I will be guessing here what you request from me but I attempted to > type in > > UTF-8 август, basically Russian in all small letters for August as a > > more or less random but valid example. FIlename I was looking for > contains > > this string and filename is presented correctly as all others are with > ls > > but I cannot type this string in cygwin's prompt. > > Using what utility/-ies, how and where did you customize and switch > keyboard > mappings: Windows keyboard mapping, Windows system locale, Windows user > regional > settings, readline {/etc/,~/.}inputrc? > > -- > Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada > > This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains > too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. > [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple