Thank you Martin, This:
#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf8 -*- '''Unicode handling for 2.6. ''' [rest of module deleted] produces an emacs warning: Warning (mule): Invalid coding system `utf8' is specified for the current buffer/file by the :coding tag. It is highly recommended to fix it before writing to a file. But, if I save anyway, and run, I get this: ./uni.py File "./uni.py", line 13 SyntaxError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xa5 in position 0: unexpected code byte but, on a hunch, I tried # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- and emacs and python were very happy. Thank you thank you thank you. Now I can enjoy my Saturday. Marilyn On Sat, May 28, 2011 3:00 pm, Martin A. Brown wrote: > Hello there, > > > : I'm still on Python 2.6 and I'm trying to work some unicode > : handling. > : > : I've spent some hours on this snippet of code, trying to follow > : PEP 0263, since the error tells me to see it. I've tried other > : docs too and I am still clueless. > > > OK, so this is PEP 0263. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ > > > Did you miss these lines? > > > To define a source code encoding, a magic comment must > be placed into the source files either as first or second line in the file, > such as: > > Or was it the lack of an explicit example for UTF-8 in the PEP? > > > Try adding a single line to your script, as the second line. That > should make your script look like: > > #! /usr/bin/env python > # -*- coding: utf8 -*- > > > You might wonder why on earth you have to do this. The interpreter > cannot safely assume that your editor (any arbitrary text editor) knows how > to create/save anything other than ASCII without this (slightly hackish) > hint. > > Good luck, > > > -Martin > > > -- > Martin A. Brown > http://linux-ip.net/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
