fix for spyder-ide#3061, only for PY3 as requested

s-weigand · Mar 14, 2016 · 857446b · 857446b
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diff --git a/spyderlib/widgets/externalshell/sitecustomize.py b/spyderlib/widgets/externalshell/sitecustomize.py
@@ -146,6 +146,25 @@ def write(self, text):
 os.environ['SPYDER_PARENT_DIR'] = spyderlib_path
 
 
+#==============================================================================
+# Setting console encoding (otherwise Python does not recognize encoding)
+# for Windows platforms
+#==============================================================================
+if os.name == 'nt' and PY2:
+    try:
+        import locale, ctypes
+        _t, _cp = locale.getdefaultlocale('LANG')
+        try:
+            _cp = int(_cp[2:])
+            ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleCP(_cp)
+            ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleOutputCP(_cp)
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            # Code page number in locale is not valid
+            pass
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+
 #==============================================================================
 # Settings for our MacOs X app
 #==============================================================================