[PyQt] Fwd: Re: Weird QTextLabel Output

[matt-lists at comnet.net.nz]

On Saturday 24 April 2010 14:09:44 Henrik Pauli wrote:
> 2010-04-24 03:02 keltezéssel, matt-lists at comnet.net.nz írta:
> > I've got a small program that parses a web page and outputs a small
> > amount of text to a QTextLabel.  The problem is, that when displaying
> > numbers with spaces between them, the textLabel seems to add in strange
> > characters. Example:  http://everydaylht.com/example.png
> > 
> > The string should be "6 272 640 square inches".  This is how the string
> > looks when I parse the webpage.  If I print the string before it is
> > displayed, the terminal output is how it should be (ie. 6 272 640 square
> > inches).  However, in a QTextLabel, those weird A's get inserted.
> 
> What you see there is non-breaking spaces (finally someone properly
> typesetting them numbers!).  They should appear as normal spaces, but
> for some reason, the fact that you're dealing with a UTF-8 text doesn't
> really seem to reach Python's or PyQt's mind.
> 
> > The source file uses UTF-8 encoding.
> > 
> > Any suggestions what this might be, or how it might be fixed.
> 
> Maybe try to .decode that string as UTF-8 to get a unicode object which
> then you feed to the QTextLabel?

Are you able to give me a hint how to do that.  I've been playing with .decode 
and .encode and really am struggling with what I'm doing.
> 
> > The relevant code is here:  http://pastebin.org/171738
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Matt
> > 
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