UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position ordinal not in range(128)

[sidvishnoi]

In python interpreter,

>>> import mdv
>>> st = '''
... | Item     | Value | Qty   |
... |  --- | --- | --- |
... | Computer | $1600 |  5    |
... | Phone    | $12   |  12   |
... | Pipe     | $1    |  234  |
... '''
>>> print mdv.main(st)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mdv/markdownviewer.py", line 1063, in main
    the_html = MD.convert(md)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/markdown/__init__.py", line 375, in convert
    newRoot = treeprocessor.run(root)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mdv/markdownviewer.py", line 873, in run
    formatter(doc, out)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mdv/markdownviewer.py", line 868, in formatter
    formatter(c, out, hir + 1, parent=el)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mdv/markdownviewer.py", line 830, in formatter
    borders(t)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mdv/markdownviewer.py", line 805, in borders
    t[0] = t[-1] = low(t[0].replace('-', '─'))
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)

Whereas if I save the above markdown in a file, and

$ mdv file.md

it works fine

[axgkl]

hi,
are you ok if I change the defaultencoding to utf-8 also when used as a lib?

It will change your defaultencoding to utf-8. Which is harmless (and they are about to do it in Py3 now as well)

[axgkl]

without expecting your answer I just did it.

c040aaa

-> try again, will work now, repoen if not.

thanks,
G.