tracking changes to python idle:

Steven M. Gava · Steven M. Gava · commit 75a8e65873f8 · 2002-02-23T23:27:08.000Z
python Patch #520483: Make IDLE OutputWindow handle Unicode.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/OutputWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/OutputWindow.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def enter_callback(self, event):
 
     def write(self, s, tags=(), mark="iomark"):
         self.text.mark_gravity(mark, RIGHT)
-        self.text.insert(mark, str(s), tags)
+        self.text.insert(mark, s, tags)
         self.text.mark_gravity(mark, LEFT)
         self.text.see(mark)
         self.text.update()
