GNU bug report logs - #13392
24.1; Shell/Unicode/Python issue

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Message #8 received at 13392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Mike Travers <mt <at> alum.mit.edu>
Cc: 13392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13392: 24.1; Shell/Unicode/Python issue
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:24:35 +0800

Mike Travers <mt <at> alum.mit.edu> writes:

> I am very happy with Emacs Unicode support and use it all the
> time. However, the shell apparently is not as Unicode-friendly as it
> should be.
>
> Sorry I don’t know how to reproduce this bug in pure Emacs, it
> requires installing an external program. This is a python script, that
> in some cases dies because the stream it tries to output doesn’t
> support Unicode. The program works fine in a standard Mac Terminal
> window, but not within Emacs.
>
> More details here:
> https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi/issues/9#issuecomment-12014746

That link doesn't really provide a recipe either.  It seems to indicate
that the problem is fixed?

If not, please show the value of default-process-coding-system.  And try
doing C-x RET c to specify a coding system for the shell, before calling
M-x shell (see the `shell' docstring for details).

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