Jose' Matos wrote:
>> Any gurus got a python solution?
>
> That was to be expected:
> http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html#l2h-180
>
> Notice the second argument for encoding, by default it is 'strict',
> and it bails out if any error occurs.
>
> You have the explanation for the different values of the second
> argument here:
> http://docs.python.org/lib/module-codecs.html
>
> So you want probably 'ignore'. (?)
Many thanks, José. This was exactly what I was looking for.
In the end, I decided to be pragmatic:
txt_credits_data = unicode(as_txt_credits(contributers)) \
.encode("latin1", "xmlcharrefreplace")
# This is a fudge to give a 'reasonable' spelling of Matej's name.
txt_credits_data = txt_credits_data.replace('ě', 'e')
txt_credits = open(argv[1], "w")
txt_credits.write(txt_credits_data)
--
Angus
