[issue14777] Tkinter clipboard_get() decodes characters incorrectly

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> added the comment:

This issue can be reproduced by pure Tcl/Tk:

$ wish
% clipboard get
abc?
% clipboard get -type STRING
abc?
% clipboard get -type UTF8_STRING
abc€

Use `root.clipboard_get(type='UTF8_STRING')` in Python.

I don't know whether it should just be documented (UTF8_STRING is not even mentioned in the clipboard_get docstring), or do we need to change the default behavior.

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