python 3.4.2 typing cyrillic fails

Question

This is a really bizarre problem. I don't know where to start. I am on OS X, Terminal.app, UTF-8. If I type cyrillic in bash, it works fine. If I open python2.7, I can type cyrillic characters fine. If I open python3.4 (macports), I can type

print( '

but when I switch my keyboard to cyrillic, none of my cyrillic keypresses register. I can still type numerals and other symbols, but not the cyrillic letters. What is going on? How can I get the console to register cyrillic keypresses?

I can pipe cyrillic text to python3.4. This is just a problem with the console.

EDIT: I also have a macports installation of python3.2, and it fails in the exact same way.

Answer 1

Thanks to Martijn Pieters who solved this issue for me (see comments above). This does appear to be an issue with Macports. I did not want to use homebrew for other reasons, but the buildout.python project seems to do the trick.