unicode char feature 1199

svn: r8908

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-08-31  Benny Malengier <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org> 
+	* src/PlaceUtils.py: request #1199: replace unicode symbols with u codes
+
 2007-08-31  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/ExportAssistant.py (ExportAssistant.pulse_progressbar): fix 
 	display value, crashed if text wasn't specified

src/PlaceUtils.py

@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ def conv_lat_lon(latitude, longitude, format="D.D4"):
             #allow to input " as ''
             val = val.replace( r"''",r'"')
             #allow some special unicode symbols
-            val = val.replace( u"″",r'"')
-            val = val.replace( u"′",r"'")
+            val = val.replace( u'\u2033',r'"')
+            val = val.replace( u'\u2032',r"'")
             #ignore spaces
             val = val.replace(r'\s*', r'')
             # get the degrees, must be present
             if val.find(r'_') != -1:
                 l = val.split('_')
                 if len(l) != 2:
-                    error = True
+                    error = True 
                 else:
                     try: 
                         degs = int(l[0])  #degrees must be integer value