diff --git a/_posts/2024-03-13-windows-unicode-config.md b/_posts/2024-03-13-windows-unicode-config.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77cbe55 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2024-03-13-windows-unicode-config.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Windows Unicode Configuration" +date: 2024-03-13 21:35:00 +0100 +--- + +Here's a little hint on how to configure your Windows 10/11 for boxes. + +Out of the box, some Windows installations are not properly configured to support Unicode in their terminals. +Full UTF-8 support must sometime be explicitly enabled. + +1. Press Windows+R, type `control`, and press Enter in order to call up the control + panel. +2. "Clock and Region" → "Region" → *Administrative* Tab → **Change System Locale** +3. Enable the checkbox "Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support". The "Current system locale" does not + affect this. + ![System Locale Dialog]({{ site.baseurl}}/images/windows10-unicode.png){: .img-shad .img-fluid} + +The above is written for Windows 10, but it should be roughly the same on Windows 11. + +After that, enjoy fine Unicode display even in a regular CMD shell: + +![CMD shell with unicode]({{ site.baseurl}}/images/windows10-unicode-example.png){: .img-shad .img-fluid} diff --git a/_sass/_overrides.scss b/_sass/_overrides.scss index 5315a18..0d3a60c 100644 --- a/_sass/_overrides.scss +++ b/_sass/_overrides.scss @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ $dropdown-link-color: $body-color; $dropdown-divider-bg: rgba(#000, .125); /* $card-border-color */ $nav-divider-color: rgba(#000, .125); /* $card-border-color */ $primary: #417090 !default; +$kbd-color: white; +$kbd-bg: #8b786f; /* slightly more compact cards, which we use in the what's new page only */ diff --git a/images/windows10-unicode-example.png b/images/windows10-unicode-example.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..868431b Binary files /dev/null and b/images/windows10-unicode-example.png differ diff --git a/images/windows10-unicode.png b/images/windows10-unicode.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f4f8362 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/windows10-unicode.png differ