It wasn't a bash script, Richard. I made exactly as I described: straight from terminal.
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Richard Vézina <ml.richard.vez...@gmail.com> wrote: > Could it be the encoding of the file that content your bash script? > > Richard > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Vinicius Assef <vinicius...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hey all. >> >> I'm facing a strange problem concerning special characters. >> >> Using web2py shell, through command line (linux shell), I do this: >> >> # ---------------- start >> $ python web2py.py -S welcome >> web2py Web Framework >> Created by Massimo Di Pierro, Copyright 2007-2013 >> Version 2.6.4-stable+timestamp.2013.09.22.01.43.37 >> Database drivers available: SQLite(sqlite3), MySQL(pymysql), >> PostgreSQL(pg8000), IMAP(imaplib) >> WARNING:web2py:import IPython error; use default python shell >> Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2013, 06:20:15) >> [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2 >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >> (InteractiveConsole) >> >>> print "áéíóú" # note the strange chars! >> áéÃóú >> >>> from unicodedata import normalize >> >>> normalize("NFKD", "áéuíóú".decode("utf-8")).encode("ASCII", "ignore") >> >>> # again! >> 'AAuAA3Ao' >> # ---------------- end >> >> Note the noisy characters on the last line. >> >> >> Then, at the same machine, I enter into the naked Python shell and: >> # ---------------- start >> $ python >> Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2013, 06:20:15) >> [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2 >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >> >>> print "áéíóú" # looks ok >> áéíóú >> >>> from unicodedata import normalize >> >>> normalize("NFKD", "áéuíóú".decode("utf-8")).encode("ASCII", "ignore") >> >>> # ok again. >> 'aeiou' >> # ---------------- end >> >> Everything works fine. >> >> The same code. >> >> I found this problem because I'm working to strip special characters >> off of names, with unicodedata.normalize(). >> >> If it wan't strange enough, the unicodedata.normalize() works fine >> from web environment, throug app admin. There the normalization works >> as expected (the same way as the standard naked Python shell). >> >> What could be the root of this situation? >> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.