Parsing unicode (devanagari) text with xml.dom.minidom

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> Regarding minidom, you might be happier with the xml.etree package that
> comes with Python2.5 and later (it's also avalable for older versions).
> It's a lot easier to use, more memory friendly and also much faster.

OTOH, choice of XML library is completely irrelevant for the issue at
hand. If the OP is happy with minidom, we shouldn't talk him into using
something else.

Regards,
Martin