Mod_python and encoding problem

Sat Feb 3 07:24:49 EST 2007

I use a mod_python request handler  and need the output( HTML pages)
to be  in utf-8 encoding)

So, I added to my handler
req.content_type = 'text/html ;charset=utf-8'
req.write('''	<html>
....
...
(</html>""".decode('utf8').encode('utf8'))

The problem now is that when I try to call the handler , it is not run
properly but instead a download dialog is open  I am asked where I
want to download that handler.

If I ,however,remove
charset=utf-8
from
req.content_type = 'text/html ;charset=utf-8'
handler works well but the utf-8 coding is not set properly
Can anyone help/explain?
Thanks
LL