Hello,
Is there a solution or a work around for the sys.path problem with
unicode folder names on Windows XP?
I need to be able to import modules from a folder with a non-ascii name.
Thanks,
Nir
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Nir Aides wrote: Is there a solution or a work around for the sys.path problem with
unicode folder names on Windows XP?
I need to be able to import modules from a folder with a non-ascii name.
If the name is restricted to the CP_ACP code page (i.e. more than ASCII,
less then full Unicode), using the "mbcs" encoding should work fine.
Regards,
Martin
I can not restrict the name to CP_ACP.
I am interested in the general case of Unicode.
Windows XP is a native Unicode OS.
Martin v. Löwis wrote: Nir Aides wrote: Is there a solution or a work around for the sys.path problem with
unicode folder names on Windows XP?
I need to be able to import modules from a folder with a non-ascii name.
If the name is restricted to the CP_ACP code page (i.e. more than ASCII,
less then full Unicode), using the "mbcs" encoding should work fine.
Regards,
Martin Nir Aides wrote: Is there a solution or a work around for the sys.path problem with
unicode folder names on Windows XP?
I need to be able to import modules from a folder with a non-ascii name. Martin v. Löwis wrote:
If the name is restricted to the CP_ACP code page (i.e. more than
ASCII, less then full Unicode), using the "mbcs" encoding should work
fine. Regards, Martin
Nir Aides: I can not restrict the name to CP_ACP.
I am interested in the general case of Unicode.
Windows XP is a native Unicode OS.
Python internally converts unicode entries on sys.path to strings before
using them. Changing that would require a large rewrite of the import
machinery. I once started to work on a patch, but got ZERO feedback, so
I gave up.
Thomas
Nir Aides wrote: I can not restrict the name to CP_ACP.
I am interested in the general case of Unicode.
So you should implement a patch, and contribute this
to sf.net/projects/python.
Regards,
Martin
The use of Python in a public health surveillance system is described
here (see references 15 and 26): http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/141
Some more papers describing Python's starring role in some other public
health projects should appear in the next several months.
Tim C
Actually, I already managed to make a Patch for this problem.
I will post it soon on my website and in this group.
But I find it strange that this problem even exists, and that I could
not find any workarounds on the Internet.
Nir
Martin v. Löwis wrote: Nir Aides wrote: I can not restrict the name to CP_ACP.
I am interested in the general case of Unicode.
So you should implement a patch, and contribute this
to sf.net/projects/python.
Regards,
Martin
Nir Aides wrote: Actually, I already managed to make a Patch for this problem.
I will post it soon on my website and in this group.
But I find it strange that this problem even exists, and that I could
not find any workarounds on the Internet.
Very few people use file names not in their respective CP_ACP (why
do you need such filenames?), and virtually nobody wants to put such
a file name on Python's sys.path (why do you want to? - just rename
the directory and be done).
Regards,
Martin
If few people use file names not in their respective CP_ACP as you say,
why did Microsoft bother to make Windows XP a unicode OS?
It does not make any sense.
The existence of such bugs is the source of the problem itself.
It is because of this situation that people in non-English speaking
countries prefer to install English Windows XP. After all why should
they get all messed up with incompatible software?
And from my experience a considerable percent of these
stay-on-the-safe-side users have their CP_ACP pages setup incorrectly.
My software installs per-user Python modules in a sub-folder of the
User's Application-Data folder. The software itself resides under
Program-Files. The User's Application-Data folder will contain unicode
characters if the User's account name contains unicode characters.
You can argue that the design is good or wrong or can be altered to work
around the problem, but the fact remains:
Python is Broken.
Martin v. Löwis wrote: Nir Aides wrote: Actually, I already managed to make a Patch for this problem.
I will post it soon on my website and in this group.
But I find it strange that this problem even exists, and that I could
not find any workarounds on the Internet.
Very few people use file names not in their respective CP_ACP (why
do you need such filenames?), and virtually nobody wants to put such
a file name on Python's sys.path (why do you want to? - just rename
the directory and be done).
Regards,
Martin
Tim Churches wrote: The use of Python in a public health surveillance system is described
here (see references 15 and 26):
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/141
Some more papers describing Python's starring role in some other public
health projects should appear in the next several months.
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