[issue14777] Tkinter clipboard_get() decodes characters incorrectly

[Thomas Kluyver]

Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com> added the comment:

Thanks, Ned.

Does it seem like a good idea to test the windowing system like that, and default to UTF8_STRING if it's x11? So far, I've not found any case on X where STRING works but UTF8_STRING doesn't. If it seems reasonable, I'm happy to have a go at making a patch.

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