scripts/sitecustomize.py

# sitecustomize.py - Set default encoding to UTF-8 for all Python scripts
# Place this file in Python's site-packages directory to fix Windows emoji issues

import sys
import io

# Force UTF-8 encoding for stdout and stderr
if sys.stdout.encoding != 'utf-8':
    sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.buffer, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace')
if sys.stderr.encoding != 'utf-8':
    sys.stderr = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stderr.buffer, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace')

# Set default file encoding to UTF-8
import locale
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')

print("✅ UTF-8 encoding configured automatically", file=sys.stderr)