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| author | David Smith <39445562+smithdc1@users.noreply.github.com> | 2021-05-12 19:46:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com> | 2021-05-12 20:46:31 +0200 |
| commit | d6b6eda4ed3193745a8d54bf364e5ecf41b7862e (patch) | |
| tree | 0c820b0ec20115fc09556799a95d42e3b7987d96 | |
| parent | 4318e60a8025371a6da550eecc798e32d3864f9d (diff) | |
[3.2.x] Fixed #26721 -- Doc'd setting UTF-8 on Windows.
Backport of 0456d3e42795481a186db05719300691fe2a1029 from main
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/howto/windows.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/howto/windows.txt b/docs/howto/windows.txt index 5dc1c3ef0d..696d83908a 100644 --- a/docs/howto/windows.txt +++ b/docs/howto/windows.txt @@ -125,3 +125,11 @@ Common pitfalls ...\> set http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver:proxyport ...\> set https_proxy=https://username:password@proxyserver:proxyport + +* In general, Django assumes that ``UTF-8`` encoding is used for I/O. This may + cause problems if your system is set to use a different encoding. Recent + versions of Python allow setting the :envvar:`PYTHONUTF8` environment + variable in order to force a ``UTF-8`` encoding. Windows 10 also provides a + system-wide setting by checking ``Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language + support`` in :menuselection:`Language --> Administrative Language Settings + --> Change system locale` in system settings. |