Gui.cs: CJK chars display as ▯▯▯▯▯

[qdwang]

Lastest Terminal.Gui with .NET 5 in Windows 10.

[BDisp]

What font type you are using?

[qdwang]

@BDisp I've tried all kinds of fonts(both fonts with only western chars and fonts with cjk chars). And I've tired to use chcp to change the code page to 437(us), 936(chinese) or 45001(utf-8). None of them works.

But the Russian chars and chars like ♥♦♣♠ display correctly.

BTW. I can directly type CJK chars at the CMD console prompt without any problem.

[tznind]

Have you tried creating a text file with those characters in it and printing it to the console with a normal dos/ps command?

[qdwang]

@tznind Adding Console.WriteLine("テスト"); to the program can correctly display the chars in terminal after exiting the gui.

[BDisp]

@qdwang you have to change the console to support unicode 65001 (UTF-8) in the regional settings.

[qdwang]

@BDisp

yeah, I've done that.

"Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support" checked.

[BDisp]

What driver are you using, WindowsDriver, CursesDriveror NetDriver?

[qdwang]

WindowsDriver. After adding Application.UseSystemConsole = true; before the Application.Init();, the ▯▯ still remains.

[BDisp]

If you are running with the Application.UseSystemConsole = true then the app is using the NetDriveron all OS.
If you are running with the Application.UseSystemConsole = false then the app is using the WindowsDriverif you are running on a Windows 10 OS or using the CursesDriverif you are running on a Linuxor macOS OS.

[BDisp]

And of course you have to use a font type that supports CJK, like KaiTi.

With Application.UseSystemConsole = true:

With Application.UseSystemConsole = false:

[qdwang]

Thanks, but the issue still happens on my both desktop pc and laptop.

[BDisp]

Did you try with theGUI Example project only replacing the Filemenu with chinese characters and I thing you already have the chinese language installed, of course. If it doesn't work to you, then I have no idea what is going on.

[qdwang]

Good news. The package in master branch works fine with displaying CJK fonts.
It seems the issue comes from the nuget version 0.90.3

[migueldeicaza]

Closing the bug then