--- smart-1.4.1/smart/__init__.py.sysstdoutencoding_utf-8~ 2011-03-01 17:00:47.000000000 +0100 +++ smart-1.4.1/smart/__init__.py 2012-01-20 21:34:35.556485843 +0100 @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ try: encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding() except IOError, e: _ = lambda s: unicode(s) - encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or "ascii" + encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or "utf-8" if encoding: import codecs try: