Tkinter.Text index expressions and unicode
The problem seems to be Tk-related, not Python-related:
package require Tk 8.6pack [text .t].t insert end "abcdefgh\nабвгґдеє\n一伊依医咿噫欹泆"puts "[.t index 1.4+1l] [.t index 1.4+2l]"puts "[.t index 3.4-1l] [.t index 3.4-2l]"exit 0
Output:
2.2 3.22.6 1.8
So I asked a second question.