cp65001 is broken

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/module/Utils.py b/module/Utils.py
index 1f4f8c047..9c0856e2a 100644
--- a/module/Utils.py
+++ b/module/Utils.py
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ if sys.getfilesystemencoding() == 'ANSI_X3.4-1968':
 else:
     fs_encode = fs_decode = lambda x: x  # do nothing
 
+def getConsoleEncoding(enc):   
+    if os.name == "nt": 
+        if enc == "cp65001": # aka UTF-8
+            print "ERROR: Windows codepage 65001 is not supported."
+            exit()    
+    elif enc == "ascii": 
+            print "WARNING: Your console's encoding was identified as ASCII. Forcing UTF-8 instead."
+            enc = "UTF-8"    
+    
+    return enc
 
 def compare_time(start, end):
     start = map(int, start)
diff --git a/module/setup.py b/module/setup.py
index 243758ff4..0e8b54848 100644
--- a/module/setup.py
+++ b/module/setup.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from subprocess import PIPE
 from subprocess import call
 import sys
 from sys import exit
+from module.utils import getConsoleEncoding
 
 class Setup():
     """
@@ -37,10 +38,7 @@ class Setup():
     def __init__(self, path, config):
         self.path = path
         self.config = config
-        self.stdin_encoding = sys.stdin.encoding
-        if self.stdin_encoding == "ascii":
-            self.stdin_encoding = 'utf_8'
-            print "Your terminal encoding was identified as ASCII. Forcing UTF-8."
+        self.stdin_encoding = getConsoleEncoding(sys.stdin.encoding)
 
     def start(self):
         langs = self.config.getMetaData("general", "language")["type"].split(";")