[issue33785] Crash caused by pasting ̖̈ into python

Romaji Milton Amulo added the comment: It doesn't crash in Powershell, only shows up as the ? in a box character The issue must be with IDLE, most likely the BMP lack of support -- ___ Python tracker

[issue33785] Crash caused by pasting ̖̈ into python

Zachary Ware added the comment: Depending on PowerShell's support for Unicode (I'm not familiar with it :)), yes; running python from PowerShell would probably be fine in this case. The BMP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(Unicode)#Basic_Multilingual_Plane -- nosy: -mrabarnett

[issue33785] Crash caused by pasting ̖̈ into python

Matthew Barnett added the comment: For clarity, the first is '\U00010308\U00010316' and the second is '\U00010306\U00010300\U0001030B'. The BMP is the Basic Multilingual Plane, which covers the codepoints in the range U+ to U+. Some software has a problem dealing with codepoints

[issue33785] Crash caused by pasting ̖̈ into python

Romaji Milton Amulo added the comment: Would running it in Powershell avoid the issue? What is the BMP, by the way? -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33785] Crash caused by pasting ̖̈ into python

Zachary Ware added the comment: I suspect this is the old issue of Tcl/Tk's lack of support for Unicode characters outside the BMP. If I'm correct, there's nothing we can do about it. -- assignee: -> terry.reedy components: +IDLE nosy: +serhiy.storchaka, terry.reedy, zach.ware

[issue33785] Crash caused by pasting ̖̈ into python

Romaji Milton Amulo added the comment: IDLE On Wed, Jun 6, 2018, 11:56 STINNER Victor wrote: > > STINNER Victor added the comment: > > Are you using cmd.exe, PowerShell or IDLE? > > -- > > ___ > Python tracker >

[issue33785] Crash caused by pasting ̖̈ into python

STINNER Victor added the comment: Are you using cmd.exe, PowerShell or IDLE? -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue33785] Crash caused by pasting ̖̈ into python

New submission from Romaji Milton Amulo : On Windows 10, 64 bit, "Python 3.6.1 (v3.6.1:69c0db5, Mar 21 2017, 18:41:36) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32" crashes if ̖̈ is pasted into the interpreter window, closing the window immediately. Also ̆̀̋ crashes it too, suggesting the bug might be