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-# 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
+# Set wxPython's default string<-->unicode conversion encoding from
+# the locale, but only if Python's default hasn't been changed. (We
+# assume that if the user has customized it already then that is the
+# encoding we need to use as well.)
+#
+# The encoding selected here 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.