Description of problem: It seems that the Python 2.5 in F7 is linked with ncurses so that the display of UTF-8 characters seems messed up. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.5-12.fc7 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try this small code: #! /usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import curses, locale s = curses.initscr() s.addstr(u'\u20ac U+20ac Euro Dollar\n'.encode('utf-8')) s.refresh() s.getstr() curses.endwin() 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: How about link python to ncursesw library contained in ncurses-5.6-6.20070303.fc7 to solve this UTF-8 problem?
Sounds good; fixed in CVS. Assuming it plays out okay in rawhide, will get pushed to F7-updates at some point
Wonderful! This is very nice! Thank you! P.S. Where can I download the updated version to try it out first? Thanks!
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