I had a similar problem in the past, in my case imbue and sync_with_stdio did the trick. Try this: #include <iostream> #include <locale> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); wcin.imbue(locale(“en_US.UTF-8”)); wcout.imbue(locale(“en_US.UTF-8″)); wstring s; wstring t(L” la Polynésie française”); wcin >> s; wcout << s << t << endl; return 0; }
While IronRuby will make short work of talking to your .NET dll (it’ll be literally no code at all), it was abandoned by microsoft, and it never got a large enough open source community to keep it going after that event. I wouldn’t recommend it these days Regarding the COM solution, this may actually be … Read more
This is a solution I found when looking for an answer previously. It stated that you should always avoid using system() because: It is resource heavy It defeats security — you don’t know you it’s a valid command or does the same thing on every system, you could even start up programs you didn’t intend … Read more
How about letting OS do it for you: long long int getFolderSize(string path) { // command to be executed std::string cmd(“du -sb “); cmd.append(path); cmd.append(” | cut -f1 2>&1″); // execute above command and get the output FILE *stream = popen(cmd.c_str(), “r”); if (stream) { const int max_size = 256; char readbuf[max_size]; if (fgets(readbuf, max_size, … Read more
Here’s a simpler solution, which, however, requires a WSH-based helper script, runHidden.vbs (see bottom section): wscript .\runHidden.vbs bash -c “DISPLAY=:0 xmessage ‘hello, world'” To apply @davv’s own launch-in-background technique to avoid creating a new bash instance every time: One-time action (e.g., at boot time): launch a hidden, stay-open bash window. This spawns 2 bash processes: … Read more
Since you want a C and Windows specific solution, I’d recommend using the SetConsoleTextAttribute() function in the Win32 API. You’ll need to grab a handle to the console, and then pass it with the appropriate attributes. As a simple example: /* Change console text color, then restore it back to normal. */ #include <stdio.h> #include … Read more
They are leftovers from cmd.exe emulating ms-dos directory handling, they basically have little use, and are more archaic than anything. Essentially, it keeps track of a per drive current directory, and is kept as an environment variable to pass to other processes with ease.
Ultimately I was able to get pip running. In a nutshell (and redundant from info above) here is what I did to intall 64-bit packages for python 3.3: 1) Installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express Download Here (http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs) 2) Installed Microsoft SDK 7.1 (Windows 7) (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279) 3) Built/enabled the 64-bit tools in SDK. Go to … Read more
How do i enable pseudo-locale’s in Windows? Initially the four pseudo-locale’s are not visible in the Control Panel: (archive.org) Note that NLS does not automatically enumerate the pseudo-locales or expose them in the regional and language options portion of the Control Panel. They are only enumerable if values are set in the registry. You enable … Read more
Link with setargv.obj (or wsetargv.obj) and argv[] will be globbed for you similar to how the Unix shells do it: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8bch7bkk.aspx I can’t vouch for how well it does it though.