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Diffstat (limited to 'libbe/editor.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbe/editor.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbe/editor.py b/libbe/editor.py index 93144b8..ec41006 100644 --- a/libbe/editor.py +++ b/libbe/editor.py @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ # with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. +""" +Define editor_string(), a function that invokes an editor to accept +user-produced text as a string. +""" + import codecs import locale import os @@ -22,6 +27,7 @@ import sys import tempfile import doctest + default_encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding() or locale.getpreferredencoding() comment_marker = u"== Anything below this line will be ignored\n" @@ -62,7 +68,8 @@ def editor_string(comment=None, encoding=None): fhandle, fname = tempfile.mkstemp() try: if comment is not None: - os.write(fhandle, '\n'+comment_string(comment)) + cstring = u'\n'+comment_string(comment) + os.write(fhandle, cstring.encode(encoding)) os.close(fhandle) oldmtime = os.path.getmtime(fname) os.system("%s %s" % (editor, fname)) |