Michael: > Like I said, it's only supposed to run on linux; anyway, is it likely > that problems will arise when filenames I have to handle have > basically three sources: > ... > 3. filenames created by user input
Have you worked out how you want to handle user input that is not representable in the encoding? It is easy for users to input any characters into a Unicode enabled UI either through invoking an input method or by copying and pasting from another application or character chooser applet. Neil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list