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   21 comments  ·  Command Prompt / Console / Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) » Console/Terminal  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   on the backlog  ·  Microsoft Console Team responded

   As Chip said, UTF-16 is rather baked into the stuff we do. The console host does use UTF-16 somewhere in there. :P We just have the matter of dealing with code pages throughout the history of computing existence that causes us heartburn every time we think about how to fix this. :( It’s definitely something that we would like to look into on our backlog.

   —Michael

   Adetula commented  ·  Oct 14, 2014  ·  Delete…

   UTF8 support in Windows is the major issue. Adding support by simply converting UTF8 to UTF16 just as it's done with ASCII will solve a lot problems working with Windows

   Adetula supported this idea  ·  Oct 14, 2014