From 64a2a45068a6e282e41f9dc8f53b32477887f9a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:24:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py
index 061256b331..3bc1ef6e5e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ class CursorPositionWidget(QWidget):  # {{{
         if line is None:
             self.la.setText('')
         else:
-            name = unicodedata.name(character, None) if character else None
+            try:
+                name = unicodedata.name(character, None) if character else None
+            except Exception:
+                name = None
             text = _('Line: {0} : {1}').format(line, col)
             if name:
                 text = name + ' : ' + text