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VPExplorer
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How to initialize the console for ansi or ascii?

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Hi,

What packages need to be included to do a

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     console::init(stream::ansi)   %(Is this syntax correct?)
?

I'm getting an undeclared identifier for stream::ansi, but I'm not sure where stream is located.

So far, I've got

open core, console, console_native, console_api
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Thomas Linder Puls
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Re: How to initialize the console for ansi or ascii?

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Notice the However below.

You already have the necessary package included, the problem is that ansi needs a codepage argument:

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interface stream     open core   domains     mode =         unicode;         ansi(codePage CP);         binary.  
So an initialization could look like this:

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    console::init(stream::ansi(codePageId::codePage_windows1251))
However a default console program has already initialized the console to utf8 in the goal:

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goal     console::runUtf8(main::run).
I think the best choice is utf8 (old ASCII is a subset of utf8), but if you must use another codepage you should write (with the codepage of your choice obviously):

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goal     console::run8(main::run, codePageId::codePage_windows1251).
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Re: How to initialize the console for ansi or ascii?

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Thank you, sir.

For most purposes UTF8 is the standard correct choice. But the samples I'm playing with won't require it. For this, I'll use ansi or ascii.
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Re: How to initialize the console for ansi or ascii?

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I will still think it is a bad choice to not to choose utf8 (plain ANSI/ASCII characters are a subset of utf8).
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Re: How to initialize the console for ansi or ascii?

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I know, thanks Thomas.
Thomas Linder Puls wrote: 31 Jan 2022 9:53 I will still think it is a bad choice to not to choose utf8 (plain ANSI/ASCII characters are a subset of utf8).
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