Hi, On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 20:07:07 -0500 Ben <bc...@speedymail.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > Is there any way to make a Label display every Unicode character, or > are we just stuck until Tcl/Tk fully supports all of unicode? > > Here's my example code: > import tkinter as tk > from tkinter import ttk > root = tk.Tk() > ttk.Label(root, text='Test \U0001d306 String').grid(row=0, column=0) > root.mainloop() > > And the exception: > _tkinter.TclError: character U+1d306 is above the range (U+0000-U+FFFF) > allowed by Tcl > > System: Linux, Python 3.6.7, Tk 8.6 > > Is there anything I can do to be able to display that character? according to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.tcl/OJqYYzCgKQo there is some work in progress with Tcl, otoh even if you install the latest Tcl/Tk 8.7 it might be difficult to get past this TclError which seems to be hardcoded into Tkinter (with Tcl I don't get any error here, just a placeholder where the unicode character should be). Regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. On my planet, to rest is to rest -- to cease using energy. To me, it is quite illogical to run up and down on green grass, using energy, instead of saving it. -- Spock, "Shore Leave", stardate 3025.2 _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
