> That is what happens: the file now starts with a BOM \xEB\xBB\xBF as > you can see with a hex editor.
Is this an enforced convention under Windows, then? My head's aching after so much pulling at my hair, but I have the feeling that the problem only arises when text travels through the dos console... Cheers, Guillermo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
