Add a test for the error previously discovered.

IPython/kernel/core/tests/test_interpreter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 b''
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+"""This file contains unittests for the interpreter.py module."""
+
+__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (C) 2008  The IPython Development Team                           
+#                                                                             
+#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in    
+#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.                    
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                                                                              
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports                                                                     
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from IPython.kernel.core.interpreter import Interpreter
+
+def test_unicode():
+    """ Test unicode handling with the interpreter.
+    """
+    i = Interpreter()
+    i.execute_python(u'print "ù"')
+    i.execute_python('print "ù"')
+

setupegg.py

@@ -5,9 +5,9 b' import os'
 import sys
 
 # Add my local path to sys.path
-home = os.environ['HOME']
-sys.path.insert(0,'%s/usr/local/lib/python%s/site-packages' %
-                (home,sys.version[:3]))
+#home = os.environ['HOME']
+#sys.path.insert(0,'%s/usr/local/lib/python%s/site-packages' %
+#                (home,sys.version[:3]))
 
 # now, import setuptools and call the actual setup
 import setuptools