don't support chinese

[oPengLuo]

Description

What steps will reproduce the problem?

thank you for developing this wonderful application.I'm meeting a big problem that I cann't type chinese in this application. that's terrible.

Versions

• Spyder version: 3.3.1
• Python version: 3.6.6
• Qt version: 5.9.6
• PyQt5 version: 5.9.2
• Operating System: Linux 4.15.0-29deepin-generic

Dependencies

pyflakes >=0.6.0  :  2.0.0 (OK)
pycodestyle >=2.3 :  2.4.0 (OK)
pygments >=2.0    :  2.2.0 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6    :  1.7.9 (OK)
rope >=0.9.4      :  0.11.0 (OK)
jedi >=0.9.0      :  0.12.1 (OK)
psutil >=0.3      :  5.4.7 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0   :  5.4.0 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1   :  0.23.4 (OK)
numpy >=1.7       :  1.15.1 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3     :  1.2 (OK)
cython >=0.21     :  0.28.5 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.2.0 :  4.4.1 (OK)
IPython >=4.0     :  6.5.0 (OK)
matplotlib >=2.0.0:  2.2.3 (OK)
pylint >=0.25     :  2.1.1 (OK)

[jitseniesen]

This problem is already discussed on issue #4120 , so I am closing this issue as a duplicate.

It looks quite doable to resolve this problem, but we need somebody with the time and expertise.