Encoding output

[cha1nsaw]

Hello.
I using Sublime Text with Python. When I execute my script, the information is displayed in some incomprehensible encoding. My settings are shown in the screenshot. What is the problem? I need Cyrillic output.

[deathaxe]

Python’s default encoding is utf-8.

The build system runs python without “shell” argument and thus directly. So you shouldn’t need to specify an ANSI fallback encoding.

Your screenshot looks like the utf-8 output from python is displayed using CP1251 without actually decoding it. In other words, the panel assumes CP1251 while it gets utf-8.

Note: If you want to run more sophisticated scripts with input, you should probably use Terminus package as the build panel is “output-only”. It is normally meant for compiler output.

[cha1nsaw]

Thanks for the answer. I commented out fallback enc, but trouble not gone. I have terminus, but for this script I’m interested in the correct display of the Cyrillic.

[deathaxe]

The issue is caused by ping printing output with the default DOS code page used by cmd.exe, which should be cp855 in your case, while python and ST assume utf-8.

An additional print() statement with cyrillic text will most likely display correct.

So you have two options:

1. somehow teach ping to return text using utf-8. Not sure how to inject a chcp 65001 though.
2. Use custom build system, which specifies cp855 as encoding for python and output.

Example:

{
	"cmd": ["python3", "-u", "$file"],
	"file_regex": "^[ ]*File \"(...*?)\", line ([0-9]*)",
	"selector": "source.python",

	"encoding": "cp855",
	"env": {"PYTHONIOENCODING": "cp855"},

	"windows": {
		"cmd": ["py", "-u", "$file"],
	},

	"variants":
	[
		{
			"name": "Syntax Check",
			"cmd": ["python3", "-m", "py_compile", "$file"],

			"windows": {
				"cmd": ["py", "-m", "py_compile", "$file"],
			}
		}
	]
}