How do I make IDLE use UTF-8 as the default encoding for my Python files ?
There is no "Encoding" option in IDLE settings.
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Just put special comment line at the beginning of the Python file:
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
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you don't need it on Python 3 (it is the default). It assumes (correctly) that IDLE respects the encoding declaration. – jfs Jan 06 '16 at 05:58
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1) Navigate to the folder with your current version of python. Mine is:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources
2) View the python application package, as this is the IDLE.
3) You should see a file called Info.plist containing the line-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
4) Here you can modify the encoding, keep in mind python dose not support all source encoding options.
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Python support following default encode type:
**Python 2.x: ASCII**
**Python 3.x: UTF-8**
If you are using python 2.x, then want to use UTF-8, Please add following code to your python file:
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8")
This will override the default encoding type.
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2This is always a bad idea. It breaks the standard libraries that expect the default to be *the default*. – Mark Tolonen Nov 01 '14 at 04:54