[issue19625] IDLE 2.7 should use UTF-8 as it's default encoding

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

For the benefit of anyone finding this in a search, I fixed the title to match the actual request.  UTF-8 *is* already the default encoding in 3.x, and upgrading to 3.x if at all possible is the best solution to unicode problems.

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nosy: +terry.reedy
title: IDLE should use UTF-8 as it's default encoding -> IDLE 2.7 should use UTF-8 as it's default encoding

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