Bugs item #1099364, was opened at 2005-01-10 11:33 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1099364&group_id=5470
Category: XML Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Petr Prikryl (prikryl) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: raw_input() displays wrong unicode prompt Initial Comment: I have observed a problem when running Python 2.4, Windows version (python-2.4.msi) and using raw_input() with unicode prompt string in a console program (ran in the DOS window). I do use the following sitecustomize.py file to set the default encoding in the English Windows 2000 Server: sitecustomize.py ================================= import sys sys.setdefaultencoding('cp1250') ================================= test.py ================================= # -*- coding: cp1250 -*- s = u'string with accented letters (different than this)' print s # OK val = raw_input(s) # s displayed differently (wrong) ================================= See the test.png (captured from screen) and the test.py for the used string -- inside the attached zip file. The "type test.py" (result visible on the captured screen) displays the string definition also wrongly, because the DOS window uses different encoding than cp1250. The print command prints the string correctly, converting the internal unicode string to the encoding that the is defined by the output environment. However, the raw_input() probably does convert the unicode string to the cp1250 and does not do the same (more clever) thing that the print does. I did not use the unicode in older Python (2.3.4), so I do not know what was the behaviour earlier. Could you confirm the bug? Sorry if the bug is well known. Petr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1099364&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com