cannot open file with non-ASCII filename

[Laura Creighton]

In a message of Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:55:04 -0600, eryk sun writes:
>On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Ulli Horlacher
><framstag at rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>
>> ImportError: No module named pyreadline
>>
>> Is it a python 3.x module?
>>
>> I am limited to Python 2.7
>
>pyreadline is available for 2.7-3.5 on PyPI. Anyway, I tried it to no
>avail. When dropping a file path into the console it ignores the
>alt-numpad sequences that get queued for non-ASCII characters, just
>like mvcrt.getwch. If you decide to roll your own getwch via ctypes or
>PyWin32, I suggest starting a new topic on the ctypes list or Windows
>list.
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PyPy wrote its own pyreadline.
You can get it here. https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pyrepl
And see if it works any better.

Laura