Re: unicode and os.system

2005-09-02 Thread jepler
I think you need u.encode('utf-8') .encode() turns unicode into a byte string, .decode() turns a byte string into unicode. Jeff pgpCGSuYcXhRF.pgp Description: PGP signature -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: unicode and os.system

2005-09-02 Thread Erik Max Francis
Dumbkiwi wrote: > I've tried that previously, and get: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/home/matt/karamba/lwbkup/liquid_weather.py", line 2765, in initWidget > os.system('dcop kxdocker docker addIcon Current %s "%s : %s" /dev/null > GIcon lwp none none none none' %(icopath,

Re: unicode and os.system

2005-09-02 Thread Dumbkiwi
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:11:48 -0700, Erik Max Francis wrote: > Dumbkiwi wrote: > >> Can anyone help me to work through this issue? I'm a bit lost as to where >> to start. > > If you want to convert it to UTF-8, then do so with > > u.decode('utf-8') I've tried that previously, and get: T

Re: unicode and os.system

2005-09-02 Thread Erik Max Francis
Dumbkiwi wrote: > Can anyone help me to work through this issue? I'm a bit lost as to where > to start. If you want to convert it to UTF-8, then do so with u.decode('utf-8') -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W &

unicode and os.system

2005-09-02 Thread Dumbkiwi
I've got a rather large python script that I write and maintain. It has some interaction with other programmes on the linux/kde desktop through the dcop interface. This script also uses the gettext module to enable the output of the script to be translated into several languages, including utf-8