Question

My configuration: Win7 + Python 2.6 + eclipse + PyDev

How do I enable Unicode print statements in:

1. PyDev console in eclipse
2. Idle Python GUI

Example print statement:

print(u"שלום עולם")

This comes out as:

ùìåí òåìí

Answer 1

For eclipse unicode console support:

1. Add -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 to eclipse.ini which is in the eclipse install directory.
2. In eclipse – Run\Run Configurations\Python Run\configuration\Common\ make sure UTF-8 is selected
3. In eclipse – Window\Preferences\General\Workspace\Text file encoding\ making sure UTF-8 is selected
4. In [python install path]\Lib\site.py – change from encoding = "ascii" to encoding = "utf-8"
5. Make sure you’re using unicode supporting fonts in eclipse – Window\Preferences\Appearance\Colors and Fonts\Debug\Console font\Edit

In the installation I did all of the above:

print(u"שלום עולם")         # Doesn't work
print("שלום עולם")          # Works

For django models:

print(my_model.my_field)                 # Doesn't work
print(my_model.my_field.encode('utf-8')) # Works