Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Part of this issue is the difference between typing a character at the keyboard, which produces a key event whose effect is determined by key bindings (some default, some added) and inserting a character into a Text widget, which does not produce an event (except, in some sense, \t and \n). Whether or not a key event results in character insertion depends on key bindings. The visual effect of inserted chars other than \t and \n is determined by the font. (I believe I got the above right.) I believe some terminals treat chars coming over the wire the same as those typed. I am not sure what the Win10 console is doing with control-x keystrokes.
>>> import sys; out=sys.stdout.write # use direct write to avoid str(), repr() conversion of control chars >>> out('\x03') 1 # The first char is an empty thin box in my IDLE. >>> # type ^C KeyboardInterrupt ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23220> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com