code: def detect_console_encoding():
      
      global _initial_defencoding
  
      encoding = None
      try:
          encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or sys.stdin.encoding
      except (AttributeError, IOError):
          pass
  
      # try again for something better
      if not encoding or 'ascii' in encoding.lower():
          try:
              encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
          except Exception:
              pass
  
      # when all else fails. this will usually be "ascii"
      if not encoding or 'ascii' in encoding.lower():
          encoding = sys.getdefaultencoding()
  
      # GH#3360, save the reported defencoding at import time
      # MPL backends may change it. Make available for debugging.
      if not _initial_defencoding:
          _initial_defencoding = sys.getdefaultencoding()
  
      return encoding
docs: Try to find the most capable encoding supported by the console.
      slightly modified from the way IPython handles the same issue.