GNU bug report logs - #12055
24.1.50; Characters "á" and "é" are not correctly displayed on a Windows terminal

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Message #14 received at 12055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dmoncayo <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: Re: bug#12055: 24.1.50;
	Characters "á" and "é" are
	not correctly displayed on a Windows terminal
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:42:15 +0300

> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:24:14 +0200
> Cc: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>, 12055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I see the same.

I have no doubt ;-)

> >   (terminal-coding-system)
> 
> cp1252
> 
> >   (keyboard-coding-system)
> 
> windows-1252-unix
> 
> >   w32-ansi-codepage
> 
> 1252  (BTW, we're not very consistent here, the variable is w32-ansi-code-page)
> 
> >   (w32-get-console-codepage)
> 
> 850
> 
> >   (w32-get-console-output-codepage)
> 
> 850
> 
> > Finally, in the console outside Emacs type "chcp" at the Windows
> > cmd.exe shell prompt, and tell what it says.
> 
> Página de códigos activa: 850

Does it help to say

  C-x RET t cp850 RET
  C-x RET k cp850 RET

before typing those characters?  Do they display correctly then, and
most importantly, does "C-u C-x =" report in that case the characters
you really intended to type?

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