To really be sure that the problem is when I use python, I tried in C: #include <stdio.h> #include <ncurses.h>
int main(void) { initscr(); /* Start curses mode */ // printw("àéïoù"); /* Print Hello World */ addstr("àéïoù"); /* Print Hello World */ refresh(); /* Print it on to the real screen */ getch(); /* Wait for user input */ endwin(); /* End curses mode */ return(0); } and both my tries (with printw, or with addstr) showed the 8-bot chars correctly. -- Fabrice DELENTE -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list