manrajgrover/halo

Improve Windows Support

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#5 opened on Oct 1, 2017

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Description

Currently, the package does not support Windows completely. Major reason for that is UTF-8 is not extensively supported by cmd, powershell etc.

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Research direction
Investigate Windows UTF 8 support issues in cmd and PowerShell, and explore solutions like using the 'colorama' library or enabling virtual terminal processing via ctypes.
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
PythonTerminal basics
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65