--- PyShell.py.orig	2010-04-02 16:24:52.000000000 +0900
+++ PyShell.py	2013-04-22 01:30:28.200075571 +0900
@@ -605,14 +605,14 @@
         self.more = 0
         self.save_warnings_filters = warnings.filters[:]
         warnings.filterwarnings(action="error", category=SyntaxWarning)
-        if isinstance(source, types.UnicodeType):
-            from idlelib import IOBinding
-            try:
-                source = source.encode(IOBinding.encoding)
-            except UnicodeError:
-                self.tkconsole.resetoutput()
-                self.write("Unsupported characters in input\n")
-                return
+        # if isinstance(source, types.UnicodeType):
+        #     from idlelib import IOBinding
+        #     try:
+        #         source = source.encode(IOBinding.encoding)
+        #     except UnicodeError:
+        #         self.tkconsole.resetoutput()
+        #         self.write("Unsupported characters in input\n")
+        #         return
         try:
             # InteractiveInterpreter.runsource() calls its runcode() method,
             # which is overridden (see below)