Re: Cygwin does not have unicode support however FileZilla displays unicode

2010-04-16 Thread Eric
Andy wrote: > Actually there is a way to change to a font not normally available in > the console properties without changing the "Language for non-Unicode > programs". It requires registry hacking though. See > http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-cmd-add-font.html > > Andy > I really appreciate e

Re: Cygwin does not have unicode support however FileZilla displays unicode

2010-04-16 Thread Andy Koppe
me scribbled: > Eric wrote: >>> What exactly is coming out as rectangles, i.e. which letters do you >>> expect instead? Are any particular programs affected? >> >> Instead of Chinese characters I get the rectangle box that looks like [] but >> without the gaps. >> >> Programs affected so far are t

Re: Cygwin does not have unicode support however FileZilla displays unicode

2010-04-16 Thread Andy Koppe
Eric wrote: >> What exactly is coming out as rectangles, i.e. which letters do you >> expect instead? Are any particular programs affected? > > Instead of Chinese characters I get the rectangle box that looks like [] but > without the gaps. > > Programs affected so far are the command prompt and f

RE: Cygwin does not have unicode support however FileZilla displays unicode

2010-04-16 Thread Eric
Andy wrote: > What exactly is coming out as rectangles, i.e. which letters do you > expect instead? Are any particular programs affected? Instead of Chinese characters I get the rectangle box that looks like [] but without the gaps. Programs affected so far are the command prompt and filenames.

Re: Cygwin does not have unicode support however FileZilla displays unicode

2010-04-16 Thread Andy Koppe
Eric wrote: >> Bash does support Unicode, but when running it in a console window you >> need to select an appropriate font in the console window defaults to >> be able to display codepoints outside your language's codepage. Lucida >> Console or Consolas, for example. > > In cygwin's console window

RE: Cygwin does not have unicode support however FileZilla displays unicode

2010-04-16 Thread Eric
Andy wrote: > Bash does support Unicode, but when running it in a console window you > need to select an appropriate font in the console window defaults to > be able to display codepoints outside your language's codepage. Lucida > Console or Consolas, for example. In cygwin's console window I swit

Re: Cygwin does not have unicode support however FileZilla displays unicode

2010-04-15 Thread Andy Koppe
Eric wrote: > Hi I have been confused about a matter between cygwin and the (open)ssh > server package. I think your confusion stems from the fact that Cygwin 1.7, released at the end of last year, does in fact support Unicode (i.e. UTF-8). It's the default. > I believe everything works when  Fi

Cygwin does not have unicode support however FileZilla displays unicode

2010-04-15 Thread Eric
Hi I have been confused about a matter between cygwin and the (open)ssh server package. I am also finding it a bit tricky in wording this in the best way possible. Essentially I am trying to figure out why FileZilla is able to display unicode characters when connected to the SSHd server setup us