problem: saving files in IDLE

[Helmut Jarausch]

Florian Wellner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a Problem when I want to save a .py file in
> Idle. Most times it works, but sometimes I can't save
> my file. In the "Python Shell" Window, I get the message:
> 
>   Exception in Tkinter callback
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File
> "/var/tmp/python-2.2.2-build//usr/lib/python2.2/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line
> 1343, in __call__
>      return apply(self.func, args)
>    File "/usr/lib/idle/IOBinding.py", line 136, in save_as
>      if self.writefile(filename):
>    File "/usr/lib/idle/IOBinding.py", line 151, in writefile
>      chars = str(self.text.get("1.0", "end-1c"))
> UnicodeError: ASCII encoding error: ordinal not in range(128)
> 
> What can I do?
> 

Try to upgrade to Python 2.3 (CVS if possible) since this
containes idle 1.0beta2 and is IMHO much better.



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Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany