Benjamin Niemann wrote: > cantabile wrote: > > >>Hi, being a newbie in Python, I'm a bit lost with the '-*- coding : -*-' >>directive. >> >>I'm using an accented characters language. Some of them are correctly >>displayed while one doesn't. I've written : >>-*- coding: utf-8 -*- >> >>Is this wrong ? >> >>Where can I find a pratical explanation about these encodings ? > > > The coding line tell the interpreter to assume that the file is encoded as > utf-8. It's the job of the editor that you are using, to actually encode > the file as utf-8. > The coding directive uses a format that is automatically recognized by the > emacs editor. If you are using another editor, you'll have to search its > menus for the proper way to save files as utf-8. > >
or possibly the OP needs to nut out what is the encoding he already has, and tell Python what that encoding is. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
