charset conversion routine?

[vincent wehren]

Joe Wong wrote:
> Hi, I am trying to use python to convert UTF8->BIG5 and GB->BIG5 charset. Is it possible and how to do it? From the manual I read something about unicode and locale, but I couldn't get a clear direction on how to make it work.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> -- Wong
> 
You'll need the cjk-codecs package. You can find it via 
http://cjkpython.i18n.org/

Regards,

-- Vincent Wehren