[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app, wxPython, and unicode

[Bob Ippolito]

On Apr 25, 2005, at 10:46 PM, Charles Hartman wrote:

> Maybe this is the wrong place to ask. (I'm confused.) I've got a Mac 
> 2.4.1 app using the unicode build of wxPython 2.5.4.1. I'm loading a 
> text file that contains an accented (>128) character and displaying it 
> in a wxPython widget (a StyledTextCtrl). I've got the 
> encoding/decoding etc all taken care of (I think!) elsewhere inside 
> the app. But now I have a problem right at the front end, reading and 
> displaying the file.
>
> It works fine in the WingIDE.
>
> When I build it with py2app, though, I get a problem. If I use this:
>             self.myStyledTextCtrl.DisplayText(f.read())
> the file is displayed up to the line that includes the accented 
> character, then no more. If I use this:
>             defaultEncoding = wx.GetDefaultPyEncoding()
>              . . .
>             data = f.read()
>             self.WholeText.DisplayText(unicode(data, defaultEncoding))
> the file doesn't display at all.
>
> Because of the difference between standalone and in-the-IDE, I can't 
> figure out where the problem lies. Any clues very welcome. (I'm 
> getting very sick of unicode.)

The default encoding is dumb.  Never use the default encoding.  Pick 
something explicitly.  I bet there's a difference in the default 
encoding between running in the IDE and running explicitly.  One or the 
other is probably even raising an exception at unicode(data, 
defaultEncoding).

-bob