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5 years ago Recently, I noticed that whenever I execute python from inside a virtual environment, I can't seem to write special characters into the shell. Although, when I exit the virtual environment, this issue no longer occurs. I've confirmed that the versions of python inside and outside the virtual environment are the same.
For example, when I paste the string 'doesn’t' (with the Unicode apostrophe) into the shell without virtual environment, I get the following:
>>> doesn’t # without virtual environment
When I paste the same string into the shell with a virtual environment active (and the same version of python), I get the following:
>>> doesnt # with virtual environmentThe version of python I am using is python 3.7.4 (though I have reproduced this on python 3.6.5 as well). I am creating the virtual environments using the venv module. Also, I think that this problem only happens on Windows as I couldn’t reproduce it on Linux.
Does anyone know why this may be happening? Please let me know if I should provide any other details.
zooba
eryksun
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GitHub fields: ```python assignee = None closed_at =
created_at =
labels = ['type-bug', '3.8', 'OS-windows', '3.7', 'expert-unicode', '3.9']
title = "Special Characters Don't Work When Using Virtual Environment"
updated_at =
user = 'https://github.com/glGarg'
```
bugs.python.org fields:
```python
activity =
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date =
closer = 'eryksun'
components = ['Unicode', 'Windows']
creation =
creator = 'glGarg'
dependencies = []
files = []
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issue_num = 38098
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['351757', '352313', '352348', '352370']
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nosy_names = ['paul.moore', 'vstinner', 'tim.golden', 'ezio.melotti', 'zach.ware', 'eryksun', 'steve.dower', 'glGarg']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'third party'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue38098'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9']
```