WIN32_CONSOLE usage

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > The problem is that mbvalidate() has this code:
> >
> >         if (GetVariableBool(pset.vars, "WIN32_CONSOLE"))
> >             CharToOem(pwcs, pwcs);
> >
> > That's why I needed the #ifdef so it only tests from psql.  This code
> > was just broken without that test, and because no one else has done
> > Win32 compiles since it was added, no one saw it.
>
> Interesting, considering that WIN32_CONSOLE isn't being set anywhere.
>
> Anyway, that code needs to be removed/fixed, for the mentioned reasons.

Yikes, I see no doc mention of it.

Here is the submission email:

>   c) Problem:  8bit characters were displayed/interpreted wrong in psql
>                This is due to the fact that the Win32 "console" uses a
>                different encoding than the rest of the Windows system
>      Solution: Introduced a new psql variable WIN32_CONSOLE
>                When set with "\set WIN32_console", the function OemToChar()

I have CC'ed the author.

Is this a valid feature?  Should I document it?

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