Re: python-shell-send-region uses wrong encoding?

[Stefan Monnier]

> E.g. the patch below (which causes python-shell-send-string to tell
> Python that the file sent is using utf-8) should fix your problem (tho
> it's not a proper fix, since we shouldn't hardcode utf-8 here, but copy
> which ever -*- coding: -*- coding is in the file).

I installed a variant of that patch in Emacs's trunk, which should fix
the problem.  The relevant part of the patch is quoted below, so you can
try it out,


        Stefan


=== modified file 'lisp/progmodes/python.el'
--- lisp/progmodes/python.el    2013-10-07 18:51:26 +0000
+++ lisp/progmodes/python.el    2013-10-30 01:28:36 +0000
@@ -2045,7 +2051,9 @@
                     (concat (file-remote-p default-directory) "/tmp")
                   temporary-file-directory))
                (temp-file-name (make-temp-file "py"))
+               (coding-system-for-write 'utf-8)
                (file-name (or (buffer-file-name) temp-file-name)))
           (with-temp-file temp-file-name
+            (insert "# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n")
             (insert string)
             (delete-trailing-whitespace))