[lug] [OT] Quick Python question

Hugh Brown hugh at vecna.com
Thu Jun 6 08:43:46 MDT 2002


On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 10:21, rm at fabula.de wrote:
> 
> Given a file 'blub.data' holding Macintosh-encoded text data,
> what is the most elegant way of reading it into a unicode string?
> 
>  Ralf Mattes


I have no experience with python but there is a package for redhat
called macutils that has various programs for "manipulating files that
are commonly used by Macintosh machines."  e.g. binhex, frommac, hexbin,
macsave, macstream, macunpack, tomac.

One of those might be useful.

FWIW,

Hugh 




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