examples: fix get_selection encoding handling

benoit-pierre · benoit-pierre · commit e76296e2b3e0 · 2016-08-02T08:00:39.000+02:00
diff --git a/examples/get_selection.py b/examples/get_selection.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #    Suite 330,
 #    Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 
+import binascii
 import sys
 import os
 
@@ -155,7 +156,13 @@ def output_data(d, r, target_name):
         len(r.value))
 
     if r.format == 8:
-        sys.stdout.write(r.value)
+        if r.property_type == Xatom.STRING:
+            value = r.value.decode('ISO-8859-1')
+        elif r.property_type == d.get_atom('UTF8_STRING'):
+            value = r.value.decode('UTF-8')
+        else:
+            value = binascii.hexlify(r.value).decode('ascii')
+        sys.stdout.write(value)
 
     elif r.format == 32 and r.property_type == Xatom.ATOM:
         for v in r.value:
