I just tried to reproduce the problem, with python 2.3.5-9 and libncurses5 5.5-1, and it just worked. I couldn't try the original problem (since I don't know what to use cplay for), but in Martin Michlmayrs test case, the bullets display fine (the Japanese characters show as a dotted box, due to a lacking glyph).
I also tried with stock trunk Python, and it also work, so it is unlikely that something has changed in Python; instead, it appears that ncurses does now do the right thing. Regards, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]