Facundo Batista added the comment: Downloaded the testdata.txt file, and yes, it's UTF-8:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/devel$ file testdata.txt testdata.txt: UTF-8 Unicode text But I opened it perfectly! Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 2 2007, 16:56:35) [GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import xml.dom.minidom as dom >>> data = open('testdata.txt','r').read() >>> mydom = dom.parseString(data) >>> mydom <xml.dom.minidom.Document instance at 0xb7c03b0c> >>> In which platform you're working? And yes, you have absolute permission to fix it, patchs are always welcomed! ---------- nosy: +facundobatista resolution: -> works for me status: open -> closed __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1290> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com