Can't input unicode in python IDE (Mac OS X)
I'm trying to collect some unicode raw_input in the default python IDE, and as far as I'm aware, it should be as simple as:

    >>> c = raw_input()
    日本語
    >>> print c
    日本語

However, when I try to input the unicode characters, the computer beeps some protestations and I end up with an empty string.  (To do this, I click on the IME switcher near the time and select the appropriate input method [which in this case is Japanese input).  Outside of the python IDE, the input works fine, I can input the characters and the system recognizes them as having been input.  In the IDE, I'll type some hiragana, and the drop-down kanji selection window appears as usual, but when I select the appropriate representation and hit enter, those beeps come and I wind up with nothing.  I figure there's a setting involved somewhere that I've missed.

versions are:

    Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:49) 
    [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin

and

    Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:25) 
    [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin

neither of which work.  There's also this:

    >>> import sys
    >>> sys.getdefaultencoding()
    'ascii'
    >>> sys.stdin.encoding
    'UTF-8'
    >>> sys.stdout.encoding
    'UTF-8'
    >>> sys.getfilesystemencoding()
    'utf-8'

but from what I've read, the defaultencoding is a mysterious beast.  Changing it doesn't actually fix anything anyway.  That is, 

    >>> import sys
    >>> sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'setdefaultencoding'
    >>> reload(sys)
    <module 'sys' (built-in)>
    >>> sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
    >>> # !!!
    ... c = raw_input()
    no dice!

doesn't work.  Just more beeping.  I can't cut-and-paste Japanese text from other applications, either.

Any ideas?

Can't input unicode in python IDE (Mac OS X)
===

I'm trying to collect some unicode raw_input in the default python IDE, and as far as I'm aware, it should be as simple as:

    >>> c = raw_input()
    日本語
    >>> print c
    日本語

However, when I try to input the unicode characters, the computer beeps some protestations and I end up with an empty string.  (To do this, I click on the IME switcher near the time and select the appropriate input method [which in this case is Japanese input).  Outside of the python IDE, the input works fine, I can input the characters and the system recognizes them as having been input.  In the IDE, I'll type some hiragana, and the drop-down kanji selection window appears as usual, but when I select the appropriate representation and hit enter, those beeps come and I wind up with nothing.  I figure there's a setting involved somewhere that I've missed.

versions are:

    Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:49) 
    [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin

and

    Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:25) 
    [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin

neither of which work.  There's also this:

    >>> import sys
    >>> sys.getdefaultencoding()
    'ascii'
    >>> sys.stdin.encoding
    'UTF-8'
    >>> sys.stdout.encoding
    'UTF-8'
    >>> sys.getfilesystemencoding()
    'utf-8'

but from what I've read, the defaultencoding is a mysterious beast.  Changing it doesn't actually fix anything anyway.  That is, 

    >>> import sys
    >>> sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'setdefaultencoding'
    >>> reload(sys)
    <module 'sys' (built-in)>
    >>> sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
    >>> # !!!
    ... c = raw_input()
    no dice!

doesn't work.  Just more beeping.  I can't cut-and-paste Japanese text from other applications, either.

Any ideas?
