On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 4:00 AM Barry Scott <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
> > > > On 6 Dec 2019, at 18:17, Bob van der Poel <b...@mellowood.ca> wrote: > > > > I have some files which came off the net with, I'm assuming, unicode > > characters in the names. I have a very short program which takes the > > filename and puts into an emacs buffer, and then lets me add information > to > > that new file (it's a poor man's DB). > > > > Next, I can look up text in the file and open the saved filename. > > Everything works great until I hit those darn unicode filenames. > > Yes the names you download are unicode. > All OS can save that filename to disk these days. > Can you see the file on disk with the name you expect? > > What OS are you using? > > > > > Just to confuse me even more, the error seems to be coming from a bit of > > tkinter code: > > if sresults.has_key(textAtCursor): > > bookname = os.path.expanduser(sresults[textAtCursor].strip()) > > > > which generates > > > > UnicodeWarning: Unicode equal comparison failed to convert both > arguments > > to Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal if > > sresults.has_key(textAtCursor): > > What version of python are you using? Peter only managed to get the error > with python 2. > > Do you get the error with python 3? > > I'm running this program on Linux (Ubuntu 19.10) and Python2. > > > > I really don't understand the business about "both arguments". Not sure > how > > to proceed here. Hoping for a guideline! > > I've taking the coward's way out and renamed the 1/2 dozen files. Seems that it is when I grab a filename from the DB it is in unicode and the the textAtCursor() and then I am trying to open that file using a fork to a pdf-display program. This is all Q&D stuff so I'm going to file it under "mysteries of life" and live with it :) Thanks all! -- **** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: b...@mellowood.ca WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
