[Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter in Python 2.6 under MacOSX

[Michael O'Donnell]

> But if it is a problem with python on mac then just changing to pyqt
> won't cut it. Or if it is a problem with python *and* tcl, then I take
> you have no issues with unicode in pure tcl code, or what ?

No, the problem is that Tk8.4 could not display unicode characters properly
on Mac (e.g., chinese chars come out as squares)

Supposedly in Tk8.5 they changed the font rendering code to something
called ATSU code, which knows how to display unicode properly. So they
say.

As for Tcl, I used it for years (1996-2003) with unicode text, and it
was actually a lot better than python, in that it was totally invisible.
Was a shock when I switched to python how many unicode related bugs
I got.

Mick