Unicode, command-line and idle

[Kent Johnson]

a.serrano at vielca.com wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> a.serrano at vielca.com wrote:
>>> This works if I use the console but gives the following error if I use
>>> IDLE:
>>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "C:\test.py", line 4, in ?
>>>     text2 = unicode(raw_input(), sys.stdin.encoding)
>>> AttributeError: PyShell instance has no attribute 'encoding'
>> What operating system and Python version are you using? This ought to
>> work.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Martin
> 
> Python 2.4.3
> IDLE 1.1.3
> Windows XP SP2

?? Works for me on Win2K

Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on 
win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

IDLE 1.1.3
 >>> import sys
 >>> sys.stdin.encoding
'cp1252'

Kent