Merge pull request #7461 from minrk/utf8-urls

escaped URLs are always utf-8

IPython/html/utils.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 def url_escape(path):
     
     Turns '/foo bar/' into '/foo%20bar/'
     """
-    parts = py3compat.unicode_to_str(path).split('/')
+    parts = py3compat.unicode_to_str(path, encoding='utf8').split('/')
     return u'/'.join([quote(p) for p in parts])
 
 def url_unescape(path):
@@ -64,8 +64,8 def url_unescape(path):
     Turns '/foo%20bar/' into '/foo bar/'
     """
     return u'/'.join([
-        py3compat.str_to_unicode(unquote(p))
-        for p in py3compat.unicode_to_str(path).split('/')
+        py3compat.str_to_unicode(unquote(p), encoding='utf8')
+        for p in py3compat.unicode_to_str(path, encoding='utf8').split('/')
     ])
 
 def is_hidden(abs_path, abs_root=''):