fix UnicodeEncodeError writing SVG string to .svg file, fixes ipython…

…#489
mspacek · Jun 1, 2011 · 5acdcc1 · 5acdcc1
1 parent 5163e14
commit 5acdcc1
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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/svg.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/svg.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def save_svg(string, parent=None):
         filename = dialog.selectedFiles()[0]
         f = open(filename, 'w')
         try:
-            f.write(string)
+            f.write(string.encode('UTF-8'))
         finally:
             f.close()
         return filename