microsoft / microsoft/markitdown
Got error to convert a PDF
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Description
UnicodeEncodeError: 'cp950' codec can't encode character '\uf09f' in position 139457: illegal multibyte sequence
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported PDF conversion in the Python MarkItDown project under the cp950 encoding, using the UnicodeEncodeError details in this issue. Trace the PDF-to-Markdown conversion path and verify that the reported character is handled without an encoding failure; the issue provides no PDF, file, or test path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- markdown, python
- Domain
- content
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100