String must be unicode for truncation to work for non ascii characters.

svn: r13178
2009-09-08 13:37:48 +00:00 · 2009-09-08 13:37:48 +00:00 · 4e7df6fc71
commit 4e7df6fc71
parent 6d14ba233c
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/src/plugins/gramplet/HeadlineNewsGramplet.py
+++ b/src/plugins/gramplet/HeadlineNewsGramplet.py
@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class HeadlineNewsGramplet(Gramplet):
                            if (node2.nodeName == "item"):
                                title = ""
                                link = ""
-                                desc = ""
+                                desc = u""
                                # Gather up the data:
                                for item_node in node2.childNodes:
                                    #print "---> ", item_node.nodeName
@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class HeadlineNewsGramplet(Gramplet):

    def strip_html(self, text):
        text = text.replace("nbsp;", " ")
-        retval = ""
+        retval = u""
        last_c = None
        state = "plain"
        for c in text: