I guess the solution is using unicode strings: http://docs.python.org/tut/node5.html#SECTION005130000000000000000 "Elaine Jackson" <elainejackson7355 at home.com> wrote in message news:4dLHc.994550$Pk3.764369 at pd7tw1no... > What's the trick for using nonascii symbols in string literals? > >