Print Special Symbols in Tk GUI

[Bart Nessux]

vincent wehren wrote:
> "Bart Nessux" <bart_nessux at hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:cfh9pr$fnb$1 at solaris.cc.vt.edu...
> 
>>Using tkinter to create a Python version of Microsoft's winver. Works
>>great... how can I print the copyright symbol (c) and the registered (R)
>>symbol into the GUI?
> 
> 
> Consider using unicode(\u) or unicode name (\n{name goes here} escapes:
> 
> import tkMessageBox
> import Tkinter
> root = Tkinter.Tk()
> root.withdraw()
> copyright_symbol = u"\u00A9"
> # or use: copyright_symbol = u"\N{COPYRIGHT SIGN}"
> registered_symbol = u"\u00AE"
> # or use: registered_symbol = u"\N{REGISTERED SIGN}"
> msg = u"Copyright: %s, Registered: %s" % (copyright_symbol,
> registered_symbol)
> tkMessageBox.showinfo("Info", msg)
> #root.mainloop()
> 
> Regards,
> --
> 
> Vincent Wehren

Thanks Vincent... that works great.