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PythonScript fails with a Unicode character in the installed path of Notepad++ #112
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however PythonScript results in an error when a script is executed
What kind of error results from this? Can you be more specific?
@chcg
PythonScript versions 1.0.8 through to the current 1.3.0 has the problem.@sasumner
I cannot recall the specific error; i think it was "Unknown Exception." However, anyone can achieve the error by adding any Unicode (non-ASCII) character to the name of the Notepad++ folder. In addition, removing the character will make things normal again.I cannot add more. I just changed the path for my installation for it to work. Don't have the time or patience to fiddle at this point.
@chcg
When PythonScript2 will be deprecated, this problem can be closed as it does not occur with the current version of PythonScript.
PythonScript2 fails at https://github.com/bruderstein/PythonScript/blob/stable_python27/PythonScript/src/PythonConsole.cpp#L102 (maybe related to similar import issues as described in https://bugs.python.org/issue9425. The following PyErr_Print() then terminates python and therefore also N++ (see #301)
It took me some months to solve this issue since I would always revert to a previous installation.
If there is a Unicode character (non-ASCII) in the installed path of Notepad++, NP++ works the same however PythonScript results in an error when a script is executed. In my installation, a bullet (•) failed. The error is reproducible in my environment with at least NP++ versions 6.6 through 7.5.9.
If the character is removed, all goes as expected. Hope this helps.