writing unicode apps in python - some beginner questions.

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I love Python, and the unicode support is wonderful.

The character set I am using is the Hindi/Devanagari character set at 
unicode range U+901.)

I have TWO newbie questions:

(#1) If I paste some unicode stuff from the clipboard into IDLE, it 
accepts it, but it can't execute a PRINT command like this:

 >>> print u"हिन्दी सिखियए"
Unsupported characters in input

Should I report this as a bug or is it an essential limitation of the 
Python console/immediate mode?

(#2) Hindi is not displayed correctly on the screen when the 
"Suplemental language support" parts for Windows XP are not installed, 
in particular in the Regional and Languages  Options panel in the 
Control Panel, you have to check "Install files for complex script and 
right-to-left languages (including Thai)".  This adds Thai, and Indic
language support.  Does anyone know a programmatic way in Python to 
check for this,so I can pop up a message telling users that support for 
this script hasn't been installed in Windows?

Regards,

Warren