On Apr 19, 1:36 am, 7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > u_str = u'hell\u00F6 w\u00F6rld' #o's with umlauts > print u_str.encode('utf-8') > > --output:-- > hellö wörld
Maybe on your system. On my system, those same commands produce hell\303\266 w\303\266rld Those \303\266 symbols are single characters -- when I move around with cursor keys, the cursor jumps across them with a single key- press. As I wrote, I'm running Python inside Emacs 22.2.1 (using python- mode). Damon. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list