Python unicode and Windows cmd.exe

[Guillermo]

> 2) My script gets output from a Popen call (to execute a Powershell
> script [new Windows shell language] from Python; it does make sense!).
> I suppose changing the Windows codepage for a single Popen call isn't
> straightforward/possible?

Nevermind. I'm able to change Windows' codepage to 65001 from within
the Powershell script and I get back a string encoded in UTF-8 with
BOM, so problem solved!

Thanks for the help,
Guillermo