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Start the dev interpreter in PEP540 UTF8 mode. #985

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briefcase dev starts a Python interpreter. However, on some platforms (notably Windows) it will inherit the default system locale (often cp-1252), which can cause problems. Passing in the -X utf8 command line option forces the use of PEP540 UTF-8 mode.

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@freakboy3742 freakboy3742 requested a review from mhsmith December 1, 2022 06:25
@mhsmith mhsmith merged commit 0c5372f into beeware:main Dec 1, 2022
@freakboy3742 freakboy3742 deleted the utf8 branch December 1, 2022 21:52
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