This gem makes it somewhat possible to use utf-8 inside pry under windows.

gem install pry-windows

1. Open cmd.exe
2. Click the window icon in the title bar
3. Go to Properties -> Fonts
4. Choose Consolas or Lucidia Console (i.e. anything except Raster fonts)

To test pry-windows try outputting a division sign:

It should look like this:

[1] pry(main)> puts "\xC3\xB7" # good :)
÷

[1] pry(main)> puts "\xC3\xB7" # bad :(
├╖

If you're seeing something wrong. Check you fixed your font, and then file a bug.

By default in windows you can only access characters in your home codepage (e.g. CP437) which makes it hard to play with unicode. This gem makes it a bit easier by changing the codepage to CP65001 (otherwise known as UTF-8) while pry is running. This lets you output utf-8 (assuming you have fixed your font, as above). It also treats strings you type into pry as utf-8 by default.

It's not possible to type or paste non-ascii characters into cmd.exe when it's in CP65001 mode. Instead you can use ruby's "\u00f7" notation.

If your ruby program exits unexpectedly, you will not be able to run other programs from your console until you fix the problem by running chcp 437

Licensed under the MIT license, bug-reports and pull-requests are welcome.