ReadLine and special character like accent

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ziggy

This problem happens when using PRINT statement, under WINDOWS.
there's a way to solve it:


Type ANSI

	function Print(Str:String = "")
		standardiostream.writebytes(str.tocstring(),len(str))		
	End Function
	
	Function PrintLine(str:String = "")
		local LineFeed:String = chr(13) + chr(10)
		str = str + linefeed
		standardiostream.writebytes(str.tocstring(),len(str))				
	End Function
	
end type

This is a sample program:

Type ANSI

	function Print(Str:String = "")
		standardiostream.writebytes(str.tocstring(),len(str))		
	End Function
	
	Function PrintLine(str:String = "")
		local LineFeed:String = chr(13) + chr(10)
		str = str + linefeed
		standardiostream.writebytes(str.tocstring(),len(str))				
	End Function
	
end type

ansi.printline ("Print ansi characters without conversion to UTF8. áéíóú")
input

Using ANSI.Print or ANSI.PrintLine will disable the conversion of chars to UTF8, leaving the standar windows text format (usually ANSI).

If you want to keep cross-platform compatibility you can also use BLIde (an alternative BlitzMax IDE) wich supports unicode characters in its console window.