[BUG] /copy command does not preserve Unicode on Windows
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 4, 2026 by jhardin-accumula Closed Mar 8, 2026
What's Wrong?
Claude output containing Unicode characters (notably Unicode m-dash, but others as well) is not properly copied to the clipboard by /copy
Displayed text: (captured by "write it to a file please")
# Unicode Test
- Section § sign
- Em dash — vs regular hyphen -
- En dash – vs regular hyphen -
- Bullet • dot
- Curly quotes "hello" vs straight "hello"
- Ellipsis … vs three dots ...
- Arrow → and ←
- Multiplication × sign
- Check mark ✓ and cross ✗
- Copyright © and trademark ™
Results of /copy:
# Unicode Test
- Section § sign
- Em dash ΓÇö vs regular hyphen -
- En dash ΓÇô vs regular hyphen -
- Bullet ΓÇó dot
- Curly quotes "hello" vs straight "hello"
- Ellipsis … vs three dots ...
- Arrow → and ←
- Multiplication × sign
- Check mark Γ£ô and cross Γ£ù
- Copyright © and trademark ™
What Should Happen?
/copy should copy the correct Unicode to the clipboard.
# Unicode Test
- Section § sign
- Em dash — vs regular hyphen -
- En dash – vs regular hyphen -
- Bullet • dot
- Curly quotes "hello" vs straight "hello"
- Ellipsis … vs three dots ...
- Arrow → and ←
- Multiplication × sign
- Check mark ✓ and cross ✗
- Copyright © and trademark ™
Steps to Reproduce
- Ask Claude Code to generate some Unicode sample text
- Execute
/copy - Paste the text somewhere, including back into Claude
Claude Code Version
2.1.68 (Claude Code)
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
Windows Terminal
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