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`processing cli` does not support Cyrillic characters on Windows
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Description
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PDE
Processing version
4.4.7
Operating system
Windows
Bug description
When running a Processing sketch via the CLI on Windows, Cyrillic characters printed to the console are not displayed correctly. Instead of the expected characters, the console shows ????????.
Steps to reproduce this
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Print Cyrillic characters to the console in a sketch
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Run said sketch with the following command
cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Processing\Processing.exe" cli --sketch=c:\Users\Stef-\Downloads\RotatingArcs --run 2>&1 | Out-String -
Observe
????????instead of the Cyrillic characters
snippet
println( "Привет, это текст на кириллице (Hi, this is a text on Cyrillic)");
Additional context
Mentioned by Aigars on the forum
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