[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1681: WXGUI vector editing fails with python unicode error

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#1681: WXGUI vector editing fails with python unicode error
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 Reporter:  marisn       |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker      |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  wxGUI        |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:               |    Platform:  Linux                    
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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Changes (by marisn):

  * priority:  major => blocker


Comment:

 It is still an issue with current trunk. As it prevents users from
 creating new vector data sets, I'm setting this as a blocker. Unless GRASS
 7.0 ships without wxGUI, UnicodeEncodeError needs to be eliminated in it.

 Some reading for those, who have problems with strings in Python:
 http://blog.notdot.net/2010/07/Getting-unicode-right-in-Python

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