What happened with python? messed strings?

[Juergen Perlinger]

Juergen Perlinger wrote:

> algaba at droog.sdf-eu.org wrote:
>  [snip]
> Basically you're not using ASCII encoding in your source text... You need
> to define an encoding for your source if you're using german umlauts or
> other fancy stuff.
> 
> See chapter 2.1.4 of the reference manual, and add e.g.
> 
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
> 
> as first or second line to your script. Make sure your editor talks utf-8,
> or use the encoding used by your editor. cp1552 is a good choice for
> windows...
> 

stupid me. cp1252, of course.
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juergen 'pearly' perlinger
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