Issue 808719: IDLE and encodings

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Title:	IDLE and encodings
Type:		Stage:
Components:	IDLE	Versions:	Python 2.3

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Status:	closed	Resolution:	fixed
Dependencies:		Superseder:
Assigned To:	loewis	Nosy List:	kbk, loewis, mdcowles
Priority:	normal	Keywords:

Created on 2003-09-18 17:08 by mdcowles, last changed 2022-04-10 16:11 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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idle.patch	mdcowles, 2003-09-18 17:08	Patch

Messages (6)
msg18213 - (view)	Author: Matthew Cowles (mdcowles)	Date: 2003-09-18 17:08
A person from Belgium reported this problem in IDLE to python-help: $ python idle Traceback (most recent call last): File "idle", line 10, in ? import PyShell File "PyShell.py", line 25, in ? from EditorWindow import EditorWindow, fixwordbreaks File "EditorWindow.py", line 39, in ? class EditorWindow: File "EditorWindow.py", line 43, in EditorWindow from IOBinding import IOBinding File "IOBinding.py", line 54, in ? codecs.lookup(encoding) File "/ap/tools/storage/python/v2.2.2.224_ap/lib/python2.2/ encodings/__init__.py", line 51, in search_function mod = __import__(modname,globals(),locals(),'*') ValueError: Empty module name It seems that checking for an encoding of "" as well as None in IOBinding.py fixes the problem. I'll attach his small patch.
msg18214 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2003-09-18 18:05
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 Can you report what operating system this was on, and what locale setting was in place? What is the value of locale.getpreferredencoding on that system?
msg18215 - (view)	Author: Matthew Cowles (mdcowles)	Date: 2003-09-19 17:22
Logged In: YES user_id=198518 The original poster to python-help replies: SYSTEM: SunOS indsv07 5.6 Generic_105181-19 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2 ????????????????Python2.2??????????????????????????????????????? ???????????? >>> locale.getpreferredencoding Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'getpreferredencoding' >>> locale.getpreferredencoding() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'getpreferredencoding' >>> ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????? ActivePython 2.2.2 Build 224 (ActiveState Corp.) based on Python 2.2.2 (#1, Nov 26 2002, 10:37:00) [GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on sunos5 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> >>> locale._print_locale() <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<< Locale defaults as determined by getdefaultlocale(): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) Locale settings on startup: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LC_NUMERIC ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_MESSAGES ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_MONETARY ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_COLLATE ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_CTYPE ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_TIME ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) Locale settings after calling resetlocale(): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LC_NUMERIC ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_MESSAGES ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_MONETARY ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_COLLATE ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_CTYPE ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_TIME ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) Locale settings after calling setlocale(LC_ALL, ""): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ C_NUMERIC ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_MESSAGES ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_MONETARY ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_COLLATE ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_CTYPE ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) LC_TIME ... Language: (undefined) Encoding: (undefined) >>> >>> locale._test() <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 123456789 is 123456789 3.14 is 3.14 >>> locale.getlocale() <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< (None, None) >>> locale.getdefaultlocale() <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< (None, None) >>> >>> locale.CODESET <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 49 >>> locale.localeconv() <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< {'mon_decimal_point': '', 'int_frac_digits': 127, 'p_sep_by_space': 127, 'frac_digits': 127, 'thousands_sep': '', 'n_sign_posn': 127, 'decimal_point': '.', 'mon_thousands_sep': '', 'n_cs_precedes': 127, 'p_sign_posn': 127, 'int_curr_symbol': '', 'negative_sign': '', 'currency_symbol': '', 'n_sep_by_space': 127, 'mon_grouping': [], 'p_cs_precedes': 127, 'positive_sign': '', 'grouping': []} >>> >>> locale.getdefaultlocale() <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< < (None, None) ========================================= ========================================= ====== !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unofficial install of 2.3 (same system) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ========================================= ========================================= ====== Python 2.3 (#1, Jul 31 2003, 09:16:42) [GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (release)] on sunos5 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> >>> import locale >>> locale.getpreferredencoding() '' >>> ############# Here, I have done the same modifications in "idlelib...IObinding.py" but for Python 2.3 and I succeed in launching IDLE ###################### Python 2.3 (#1, Jul 31 2003, 09:16:42) [GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (release)] on sunos5 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information. ****************************************************** **** Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback interface. This connection is not visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet. **************************************************** ****** IDLE 1.0 >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> One last remark, last time I remenber that the problem of codec lookup also appeared in other circumstances than starting IDLE.
msg18216 - (view)	Author: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk) *	Date: 2004-08-11 02:19
Logged In: YES user_id=149084 Martin, do you see any problem if I apply this patch to IDLE?
msg18217 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2004-08-11 05:03
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 Looks fine. One day, IDLE should switch to locale.getpreferredencoding, though.
msg18218 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2004-08-12 13:17
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 Committed as IOBinding.py 1.24 and 1.19.8.4, NEWS 1.831.4.137.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2022-04-10 16:11:13	admin	set	github: 39255
2003-09-18 17:08:35	mdcowles	create