diff --git a/IPython/genutils.py b/IPython/genutils.py
index 205d50e..6fa285f 100644
--- a/IPython/genutils.py
+++ b/IPython/genutils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ General purpose utilities.
 This is a grab-bag of stuff I find useful in most programs I write. Some of
 these things are also convenient when working at the command line.
 
-$Id: genutils.py 1139 2006-02-10 15:55:09Z vivainio $"""
+$Id: genutils.py 1217 2006-03-16 21:49:01Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez. <fperez@colorado.edu>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ except AttributeError:
     _wordchars = ('abcdfeghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
                   'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_-.~*?'
                   'ßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿ'
-                  'À�ÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌ�Î��ÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜ�Þ%s'
+                  '�����ÅÆÇ�ÉÊ�Ì�Î��ÑÒÓÔÕÖ�ÙÚ�Ü�Þ%s'
                   % os.sep)
     
     def shlex_split(s):
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class IOStream:
             except:
                 # if we get here, something is seriously broken.
                 print >> sys.stderr, \
-                      'ERROR - failed to write data to stream:', stream
+                      'ERROR - failed to write data to stream:', self.stream
         
 class IOTerm:
     """ Term holds the file or file-like objects for handling I/O operations.