From 3c4c3e43e393168cbccd1a476b7705acfc8b266c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Mandereau <john.mandereau@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:15:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Keep lilylib.py:encoded_write() compatible with Python 2.4

UTF-8 output encoding may not be desired in all cases, but at least
this behavior is closest to the older one (i.e., calling gettext
instead of ugettext and having all POs encoded in UTF-8).
---
 python/lilylib.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/lilylib.py b/python/lilylib.py
index a512f2c6e5..ec38d70d73 100644
--- a/python/lilylib.py
+++ b/python/lilylib.py
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ except:
 	return s
 underscore = _
 
+# Urg, Python 2.4 does not define stderr/stdout encoding
+# Maybe guess encoding from LANG/LC_ALL/LC_CTYPE?
+
 def encoded_write(f, s):
-    f.write (s.encode (f.encoding))
+    f.write (s.encode (f.encoding or 'utf_8'))
 
 def stderr_write (s):
     encoded_write (sys.stderr, s)
-- 
2.39.5