2009/6/26 norseman <norse...@hughes.net>: > Sebastian Pająk wrote: >>> >>> Can, but should not. >>> I read that the problem is when using the Polish language only. Otherwise >>> things work normally. Is that correct? >> >> Yes, correct >> >>> If so then byte swap may be a problem. Using the u'string' should solve >>> that. I am assuming you have the Polish alphabet working correctly on >>> your >>> machine. I think I read that was so in an earlier posting. >>> >>> Are there any problems with his alphabet scrambling on your machine? >>> If so that needs investigating. Here I assume you are reading Polish >>> from >>> him on your machine and not a network translator version. >>> >> >> The original thread is here: >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-June/717666.html >> I've explained the problem there > > ================ > I re-read the posting. (Thanks for the link) > > You do not mention if he has sent you any Polish words and if they > appear OK on your machine. >
He has sent my a polish words, they appear correct. We both have the
english version of systems (they are both set to polish locale (time,
dates, keyboard etc.))
> A note here: In reading the original posting I get symbols that are not
> familiar to me as alphabet.
> From the line in your original:
> Label(root, text='ęóąśłżźćń').pack()
> I see text='
> then an e with a goatee
> a capitol O with an accent symbol on top (')
> an a with a tail on the right
> a s with an accent on top
> an I do no not know what - maybe some sort of l with a
> slash through the middle
> a couple of z with accents on top
> a capitol C with an accent on top
> a n with a short bar on top
>
> I put the code into python and took a look.
>
>
>
> I get:
> cat xx
>
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>
> import sys
> from Tkinter import *
>
> root = Tk()
>
> Label(root, text='\u0119ó\u0105\u015b\u0142\u017c\u017a\u0107\u0144').pack()
> Button(root,
> text='\u0119ó\u0105\u015b\u0142\u017c\u017a\u0107\u0144').pack()
> Entry(root).pack()
>
> root.mainloop()
>
> Then:
> python xx
> File "xx", line 10
> SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xf3' in file xx on line 10, but no
> encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
>
> So I did.
> It notes Window$ puts things into those lines. Namely:
> "To aid with platforms such as Windows, which add Unicode BOM marks
> to the beginning of Unicode files, the UTF-8 signature
> '\xef\xbb\xbf' will be interpreted as 'utf-8' encoding as well
> (even if no magic encoding comment is given).
> "
>
> Then I took out the o with the accent and re-ran the file.
>
> Everything works except the text is exactly as shown above. That is:
> \u0119ó\u0105\u015b\u0142\u017c\u017a\u0107\u0144
> (shows twice as directed, one for label, one for button, no apostrophes)
>
> OK - now I take a look at what in actually in the file.
> in MC on Linux Slackware 10.2 I read, in the mail folder,
> 0119 capitol A with a tilde on top.
> HEX readings beginning at the 0119\...
> 30 31 31 39 C3 B3 5C
>
> but in the python file xx, I read:
> 30 31 31 39 5C
> 0119\...
>
> I would have to say the mail system is screwing you up. Might try zipping
> the file and sending it that way and see if problem changes.
>
I've tried zipping
It looks like you you didn't save the script in UTF-8. Try to run the
original script file from attachment (UTF-8 without BOM).
ps. Do you have mac os x? It would be better if someone with mac tested it
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import sys
from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.tk.call('encoding', 'system', 'utf-8')
Label(root, text=u'ęóąśłżźćń').pack()
Button(root, text=u'ęóąśłżźćń').pack()
root.mainloop()
test1.py
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