UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 0: invalid continuation byte

I do not know much about character encoding, and that’s perhaps why I can’t give out much details, but typing the characters ˆø several times in continuation exits the program with the following error-

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/ci_edit/app/ci_program.py", line 524, in wrapped_ci
    prg.run()
  File "/opt/ci_edit/app/ci_program.py", line 461, in run
    self.commandLoop()
  File "/opt/ci_edit/app/ci_program.py", line 245, in commandLoop
    u = bytes_to_unicode((ch, b))
  File "/opt/ci_edit/app/ci_program.py", line 29, in bytes_to_unicode
    return bytes(values).decode("utf-8")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 0: invalid continuation byte

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Also, is this error, in any way, related to #133?

[dschuyler]

Thanks again,

I know that filing a bug takes some time/effort. This was an issue I didn’t know about and was it is important to address it. If something fails in the future, please feel welcome to let me know.

A fix has been submitted. Please try again without --singleThread.

[dschuyler]

^ did not mean holding the control key. I type the ^ character by holding the (option/alt) key together with i key. I type the ø character by holding the (option/alt) key together with o key.

Thanks! That was the piece I was missing. I can see the crash now, I’ve started on a fix.

As a temporary workaround, you cold pass --singleThread to we. E.g. we --singleThread <some_file>. That will make ci_edit not as quick (using multiple threads makes ci_edit snappier). I hope to have a fix soon.