[Python] set_win_encoding

set_win_encoding.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

'''Fix Windows encoding problem'''

import os
import sys
import codecs

def set_win_encoding(codepage=None):
    """Change encoding(code page) for Windows
    
    Code page   Country/Region/Language
    -----------------------------------
    437         United States
    850         Multilingual (Latin I)
    852         Slavic (Latin II)
    855         Cyrillic (Russian)
    857         Turkish
    860         Portuguese
    861         Icelandic
    863         Canadian-French
    865         Nordic
    866         Russian
    869         Modern Greek
    1252        West European Latin
    65000       UTF-7
    65001       UTF-8

    Source: http://ss64.com/nt/chcp.html
    """

    # Default code page is 65001 for UTF-8
    codepage = str(codepage or 65001)
    # Ensure it's Windows
    if os.name == 'nt':
        # Check encodings
        if sys.stdout.encoding != ('cp'+codepage):
            # Change the codepage by calling system command
            os.system('@chcp ' + codepage)
            # Replace the stdout for new encoding
            sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('cp'+codepage)(sys.stdout.buffer, 'strict')