diff --git a/.checkeol b/.checkeol
index f104652..ebd1c43 100644
--- a/.checkeol
+++ b/.checkeol
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+[LF]
 *.py
diff --git a/IPython/gui/wx/ipython_view.py b/IPython/gui/wx/ipython_view.py
index b693352..6cd2f73 100644
--- a/IPython/gui/wx/ipython_view.py
+++ b/IPython/gui/wx/ipython_view.py
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ class IPShellWidget(wx.Panel):
     def stateDoExecuteLine(self):
         #print >>sys.__stdout__,"command:",self.getCurrentLine()
         line=self.text_ctrl.getCurrentLine()
-        self.IP.doExecute(line.replace('\t',' '*4))
+        self.IP.doExecute((line.replace('\t',' '*4)).encode('cp1252'))
         self.updateHistoryTracker(self.text_ctrl.getCurrentLine())
         self.setCurrentState('WAIT_END_OF_EXECUTION')