Unicode in PowerShell with Python? Alternative shells in Windows?

Question

I want a shell that supports Unicode on Windows. PowerShell as it ships doesn\'t seem to.

PowerShell V2 (Windows 7 x64):

PS C:\\> powershell
         


        

Answer 1

Both the normal Windows console and PowerShell ISE support Unicode. See the blog posts by Michael Kaplan for details:

• http://www.siao2.com/2010/05/07/10008232.aspx
• http://www.siao2.com/2010/04/07/9989346.aspx