JDK 17 jshell not working with Unicode on Linux

[Jan Lahoda]

Hi Cay,

Thanks for the report! I've filled:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8267459


Jan


On 14. 05. 21 20:27, Cay Horstmann wrote:
> Hi, I am having grief with JDK 17 jshell when trying to paste Unicode 
> characters in Linux.
>
> For example, in JDK 11 jshell, I can paste a ﹏ (U+FE4F) into a 
> terminal running JShell, and demonstrate, to the amazement of stunned 
> onlookers, that it's a valid variable name:
>
> ~$ jshell
> |  Welcome to JShell -- Version 11.0.4
> |  For an introduction type: /help intro
>
> jshell> var ﹏ = 0
> ﹏ ==> 0
>
> But in JDK 17 (build 17-ea+21-1866), the pasting doesn't work.
>
> ~$ jshell
> |  Welcome to JShell -- Version 17-ea
> |  For an introduction type: /help intro
>
> jshell> var �� = 0
>
> Here, I pasted ﹏ into the terminal, just like I did with JShell 11, 
> and instead of ﹏ I got ��.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cay
>
>