[Lazarus] FPC 2.7.1 and console output

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:06:28 +0100
Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> wrote:

>[...]
> Otherwise the conversion to the actual console CP is working, because 
> the fpc_Write_Text_xyz routines use RawByteString arguments, so that 
> they have to check the dynamic string encoding. Ordinary subroutines, 
> that use other string argument types, will almost produce random 
> results, because AnsiStrings tend to have a dynamic encoding different 
> from the expected (static) encoding. 

What example are you referring to?

 
>[...]
> Using UTF-8 sources *and* {$codepage UTF8} cures the unusable CP_ACP 
> encoding of string literals, they are converted as expected in immediate 
> output or when assigned to any AnsiString. Other settings cannot work 
> with the current handling of AnsiString :-(

CP_ACP is usable with the DefaultSystemCodepage.

Mattias