[Lazarus] FPC 2.7.1 and console output

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Mattias Gaertner schrieb:
> 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?

See AnsiUpperCase.


>> [...]
>> 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.

Currently AnsiUpperCase etc. will work on Windows *only* if 
DefaultSystemCodePage matches the WinAPI CP_ACP.

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