As I checked the manual of PortableApps.comLauncher,
i didn't find a section in launcher.ini to setup charset for portable applications.
So i just wrote some customized nsis script to export charset environment variable.
Hopefully it is usefull for you.
The logic is:
Check PAL:LanguageCustom value,
if not set use English as default.
Use the result as a key to get value from section [LanguageCharsetMap]
and export the value as PAL:CharsetCustom.
If not found then use DefaultCharset in section [Language]
or UTF-8 as fallback.
Code is below:
${SegmentPre}
ReadEnvStr $1 PAL:LanguageCustom
${If} $1 == ""
${DebugMsg} "PortableApps.com Platform language variables are missing."
StrCpy $1 English
${EndIf}
; Get the charset
ClearErrors
${DebugMsg} "Reading the Charset from launcher.ini by key `$1`."
${ReadLauncherConfig} $2 LanguageCharsetMap $1
${IfNot} ${Errors}
${ParseLocations} $2
${DebugMsg} "Setting PAL:CharsetCustom to $2 based on the [LanguageCharsetMap] section."
${SetEnvironmentVariable} PAL:CharsetCustom $2
${Else}
; Set the default values
${ReadLauncherConfig} $0 Language DefaultCharset
${IfNot} ${Errors}
${ParseLocations} $0
${DebugMsg} "Setting PAL:CharsetCustom to $0 by default."
${SetEnvironmentVariable} PAL:CharsetCustom $0
${Else}
${DebugMsg} "Setting PAL:CharsetCustom to UTF-8 by default."
${SetEnvironmentVariable} PAL:CharsetCustom UTF-8
${EndIf}
${EndIf}
!macroend