Re: [icu-support] Windows codepage 720

[Matitiahu A. <ma...@il...>]

Cp720 is the OEM code page for Windows when the regional options are set 
to an Arabic locale.  The OEM code page is the one used for command prompt 
sessions.

It seems that Cp720 is not supported by ICU4C or ICU4J, or by the Java 
SDK.

Since 720 is an OEM code page, the name "windows-720" does not correspond 
to anything.

Changing the code page to 1256 with chcp is possible, but does not 
guarantee that you will get what you wish.

In general, versions of Windows later than Win98 do not claim to support 
Arabic (or Hebrew) in command prompt sessions.

Shalom (Regards),  Mati
           Bidi Architect
           Globalization Center Of Competency - Bidirectional Scripts
           IBM Israel
           Phone: +972 2 5888802    Fax: +972 2 5870333    Mobile: +972 52 
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Andreas Martens1 <ama...@uk...> 
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I have been trying to trace a problem in our BiDi support and have 
discovered that we're hitting trouble trying to get a codepage for 
windows-720... We ask windows for it's codepage using GetConsoleOutputCP() 
and then ask the ICU to find us a converter for it (we try to prepend "cp" 
to it first).  The ICU tells us that no such codepage exists. 

1. Should windows XP be telling us something else (like 1256)? 
2. Should we not be using GetConsoleOutputCP()? 

if we do a chcp 1256 beforehand it works, but we'd prefer not to have to 
tell our customers that their environment is wrong :-( 

cheers, 
Andreas 
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