window title text encoding

Description

Contributor guide

Tech stack

javascriptnodejs

Domain

desktopdeveloper experience

Issue type

bug

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

3

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

1-3 hours

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

stale

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

mostly clear

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of Node.js Buffer/encodingFamiliarity with Windows code pages

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

30

Research direction

Investigate how window titles are retrieved in the get windows package. Look for the specific call (e.g., Windows API via child process or native addon). Check if there's any encoding conversion or if raw bytes are passed. The issue may require converting the title from Windows 1252 or other encoding to UTF 8. Explore the source files like index.js or lib/*.js to identify the title extraction code.