martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde using names gets fairly verbose compared hex escapes though ungreek small letter alpha uu03b1 ungreek capital letter alpha uu0391 ungreek capital letter alpha tonos uu0386 extreme case python 25 py unarabic ligature uighur kirghiz yeh hamza alef maksura isolated form uufbf9 regards martin _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 125305 0200 python3000 displaying strings containing unicode escapes