From c8e1ff6a6375828bc842406f25d4354425e6bbf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harishankar <v.harishankar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 19:39:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Unicode support added for export

Unicode support for exporter
---
 biacv_exporter.py | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/biacv_exporter.py b/biacv_exporter.py
index 3900c76..8ba3c24 100644
--- a/biacv_exporter.py
+++ b/biacv_exporter.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # document fields.
 
 import string
+import codecs
 import os.path
 
 class BiaCVExporter:
@@ -42,12 +43,12 @@ class BiaCVExporter:
 						str_languages)
 
 		# write to export file
-		file (self.file_output, "w").write (str_main)
+		codecs.open (self.file_output, "w", "utf-8").write (str_main)
 
 	# fill up the main template
 	def _get_main (self, education, profession, shortterm, longterm, skills, languages):
 		# main template
-		tpl_main = string.Template (file (self.fil_main, "r").read ())
+		tpl_main = string.Template (codecs.open (self.fil_main, "r", "utf-8").read ())
 
 		if self.data["maritalstatus"] is True:
 			str_marital = self.lang_strings[3]
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class BiaCVExporter:
 
 	# get the language list
 	def _get_languages (self):
-		tpl_language = string.Template (file (self.fil_language, "r").read ())
+		tpl_language = string.Template (codecs.open (self.fil_language, "r", "utf-8").read ())
 
 		lst_languages = []
 		# loop through each item
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class BiaCVExporter:
 	# get the skills
 	def _get_skills (self):
 		# load the template
-		tpl_skill = string.Template (file (self.fil_skills, "r").read ())
+		tpl_skill = string.Template (codecs.open (self.fil_skills, "r", "utf-8").read ())
 
 		lst_skills = []
 		# loop through each item
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ class BiaCVExporter:
 	# get short term career objectives
 	def _get_career (self):
 		# load the template
-		tpl_career = string.Template (file (self.fil_career, "r").read ())
+		tpl_career = string.Template (codecs.open (self.fil_career, "r", "utf-8").read ())
 
 		lst_shorttermcareer = []
 		lst_longtermgoals = []
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ class BiaCVExporter:
 	# fill the professional history template
 	def _get_profession (self):
 		# load the template
-		tpl_profession = string.Template (file (self.fil_profession, "r").read ())
+		tpl_profession = string.Template (codecs.open (self.fil_profession, "r", "utf-8").read ())
 
 		lst_profession = []
 		# loop through each item
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ class BiaCVExporter:
 	# fill the education template
 	def _get_education (self):
 		# load the template
-		tpl_education = string.Template (file (self.fil_education, "r").read ())
+		tpl_education = string.Template (codecs.open (self.fil_education, "r", "utf-8").read ())
 
 		lst_education = []
 		# loop through each item
@@ -206,7 +207,9 @@ class BiaCVExporter:
 		self.fil_language = os.path.join (templatedir, "language_bit.tpl")
 
 		# load language strings
-		self.lang_strings = file (os.path.join (templatedir, "misc_strings.txt"), "r").readlines ()
+		lang_str = codecs.open (os.path.join (templatedir, "misc_strings.txt"), "r", "utf-8").read ()
+
+		self.lang_strings = lang_str.splitlines ()
 
 	# set the output file
 	def set_output (self, output):
-- 
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