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[wxWidgets.git] / wxPython / src / _core_ex.py

diff --git a/wxPython/src/_core_ex.py b/wxPython/src/_core_ex.py
index 855ba7e768d40374e788343db88ffe04033ddebd..656a54a9913e4ef20db88e6f697540609b2adf48 100644 (file)
--- a/wxPython/src/_core_ex.py
+++ b/wxPython/src/_core_ex.py
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@ if RELEASE_VERSION != _core_.RELEASE_VERSION:
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

+# Set the default string<-->unicode conversion encoding from the
+# locale.  This encoding is used when string or unicode objects need
+# to be converted in order to pass them to wxWidgets.  Please be aware
+# that the default encoding within the same locale may be slightly
+# different on different platforms.  For example, please see
+# http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html for differences
+# between the common latin/roman encodings.
+import locale
+default = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
+if default:
+    wx.SetDefaultPyEncoding(default)
+del default
+del locale
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+

 class PyDeadObjectError(AttributeError):
     pass
 
 class PyDeadObjectError(AttributeError):
     pass
 


@@ -119,7 +135,7 @@ def CallAfter(callable, *args, **kw):
 
 class FutureCall:
     """
 
 class FutureCall:
     """

-    A convenience class for wx.Timer, that calls the given callable
+    A convenience class for `wx.Timer`, that calls the given callable

     object once after the given amount of milliseconds, passing any
     positional or keyword args.  The return value of the callable is
     availbale after it has been run with the `GetResult` method.
     object once after the given amount of milliseconds, passing any
     positional or keyword args.  The return value of the callable is
     availbale after it has been run with the `GetResult` method.