problem with decode('mbcs')

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why can't I decode a string to mbcs under Linux?I can do this in Windows:

a='你好'.decode('mbcs')

when I decode a string to 'mbcs ',the error message is:

[root@localhost EditPage]# python main.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 176, in ?
    app = _MyApp(0)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wxPython/wx.py", line 1939, in
__init__
    _wxStart(self.OnInit)
  File "main.py", line 166, in OnInit
    self.frame = _myFrame(None, -1, "")
  File "main.py", line 161, in __init__
    self.edit_page.demo()
  File "main.py", line 136, in demo
    tc.SetText('hello,good moring!你好'.decode('mbcs'))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/encodings/__init__.py", line 84, in
search_function
    globals(), locals(), _import_tail)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/encodings/mbcs.py", line 14, in ?
    class Codec(codecs.Codec):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/encodings/mbcs.py", line 18, in Codec
    encode = codecs.mbcs_encode
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'mbcs_encode'

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BruceKL WhoH wrote:

why can't I decode a string to mbcs under Linux?I can do this in Windows:

a='你好'.decode('mbcs')

when I decode a string to 'mbcs ',the error message is:

[root@localhost EditPage]# python main.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 176, in ?
    app = _MyApp(0)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wxPython/wx.py", line 1939, in
__init__
    _wxStart(self.OnInit)
  File "main.py", line 166, in OnInit
    self.frame = _myFrame(None, -1, "")
  File "main.py", line 161, in __init__
    self.edit_page.demo()
  File "main.py", line 136, in demo
    tc.SetText('hello,good moring!你好'.decode('mbcs'))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/encodings/__init__.py", line 84, in
search_function
    globals(), locals(), _import_tail)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/encodings/mbcs.py", line 14, in ?
    class Codec(codecs.Codec):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/encodings/mbcs.py", line 18, in Codec
    encode = codecs.mbcs_encode
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'mbcs_encode'

Because of exactly what it says. The _codecs module has no mbcs_encode
function on Linux. Beyond that you'll have to ask the Python folks why.

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