X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/a3c9f0642c4d89beb92720056f8c20bdacde979d..66ffb23b392a7d02e080fdefc61b87cfe84d6df4:/wxPython/src/_core_ex.py?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/wxPython/src/_core_ex.py b/wxPython/src/_core_ex.py
index 004dc12019..702e04f6ee 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/_core_ex.py
+++ b/wxPython/src/_core_ex.py
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ if RELEASE_VERSION != _core_.RELEASE_VERSION:
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# Set the default string conversion encoding from the locale
+import locale
+default = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
+if default:
+    wx.SetDefaultPyEncoding(default)
+del default
+del locale
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 class PyDeadObjectError(AttributeError):
     pass