Dominique Ramaekers wrote: > And if I check the encoding with the python script (uncommenting line > #1), I still get ANSI_X3.4-1968
That should not matter as long as print(os.environ.get("PYTHONIOENCODING")) prints UTF-8 If you do get the correct PYTHONIOENCODING you should be able to replace the corresponding SetEnv with SetEnv LANG en_US.UTF-8 or similar. If you don't get the expected value the SetEnv is probably not in the right place. In my experiments I put it into /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf in an apache installation I think I have not tinkered with before ;) While looking around in the apache configuration I also found the file /etc/apache2/envvars. Here's an excerpt: ## The locale used by some modules like mod_dav export LANG=C ## Uncomment the following line to use the system default locale instead: #. /etc/default/locale export LANG If you uncomment the line . /etc/default/locale and replace SetEnv LANG en_US.UTF-8 with PassEnv LANG you should get a similar effect assuming your system defaults to UTF-8. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list