tcl/tk supports unicode chars in the BMP (Basic Multilingual Plane,
utf-8 encoded with 1-3 bytes). The presence of chars in other plains
('astral', utf-8 encoded with 4 bytes, I believe) in a tkinter Text
widget messages up *editing*, but they can sometimes be displayed with
appropriate glyphs.
On my Windows 10 64-bit 2004 update, astral code points print as
unassigned [X], replaced [], or proper glyphs (see below). On my
up-to-date macOS Mohave, as far as I know, no glyphs are actually
printed and some hang, freezing IDLE's Shell (and making extensive
testing difficult). On Linux, behavior is mixed, including 'crashes',
with the use of multicolor rather than black/white fonts apparently an
issue. https://bugs.python.org/issue42225. I would like more
information about behavior on other systems, especially *nix.
The following runs to completion for me, without errors, in about 1 second.
tk = True
if tk:
from tkinter import Tk
from tkinter.scrolledtext import ScrolledText
root = Tk()
text = ScrolledText(root, width=80, height=40)
text.pack()
def print(txt):
text.insert('insert', txt+'\n')
errors = []
for i in range(0x10000, 0x40000, 32):
chars = ''.join(chr(i+j) for j in range(32))
try:
print(f"{hex(i)} {chars}")
except Exception as e:
errors.append(f"{hex(i)} {e}")
print("ERRORS:")
for line in errors:
print(line)
Perhaps half of the assigned chars in the first plane are printed
instead of being replaced with a narrow box. This includes emoticons as
foreground color outlines on background color. Maybe all of the second
plane of extended CJK chars are printed. The third plane is unassigned
and prints as unassigned boxes (with an X).
If you get errors, how many. If you get a hang or crash, how far did
the program get?
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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