I've just added support for Unicode and file encodings. The new ``docutils.io`` module implements a uniform API for a variety of input & output mechanisms. Please check it out, especially those of you who write in more than plain ASCII. Download the latest snapshot from: http://docutils.sf.net/docutils-snapshot.tgz -- David Goodger <goodger@users.sourceforge.net> Open-source projects: - Python Docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/ (includes reStructuredText: http://docutils.sf.net/rst.html) - The Go Tools Project: http://gotools.sourceforge.net/