Use Unicode strings, and use the six compatibility library for that.

topydo/ui/CommandLineWidget.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import urwid
+from six import u
 
 class CommandLineWidget(urwid.Edit):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class CommandLineWidget(urwid.Edit):
         urwid.register_signal(CommandLineWidget, ['blur', 'execute_command'])
 
     def clear(self):
-        self.set_edit_text(u"")
+        self.set_edit_text(u(""))
 
     def _blur(self):
         self.clear()

topydo/ui/ConsoleWidget.py

@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import urwid
+from six import u
 
 class ConsoleWidget(urwid.LineBox):
-    def __init__(self, p_text=""):
+    def __init__(self, p_text=u("")):
         urwid.register_signal(ConsoleWidget, ['close'])
 
         self.text = urwid.Text(p_text)
@@ -36,4 +37,4 @@ class ConsoleWidget(urwid.LineBox):
         self.text.set_text(self.text.text + p_text)
 
     def clear(self):
-        self.text.set_text("")
+        self.text.set_text(u(""))

topydo/ui/Main.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import urwid
+from six import u
 
 from topydo.cli.CLIApplicationBase import CLIApplicationBase
 from topydo.Commands import get_subcommand
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class UIApplication(CLIApplicationBase):
         super(UIApplication, self).__init__()
 
         self.columns = urwid.Columns([], dividechars=0, min_width=COLUMN_WIDTH)
-        self.commandline = CommandLineWidget('topydo> ')
+        self.commandline = CommandLineWidget(u('topydo> '))
         self.console = ConsoleWidget()
 
         urwid.connect_signal(self.commandline, 'blur',

topydo/ui/TodoListWidget.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from six import text_type
+from six import text_type, u
 import urwid
 
 from topydo.ui.TodoWidget import TodoWidget
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class TodoListWidget(urwid.LineBox):
 
         pile = urwid.Pile([
             (1, title_widget),
-            (1, urwid.Filler(urwid.Divider(u'\u2500'))),
+            (1, urwid.Filler(urwid.Divider(u('\u2500')))),
             ('weight', 1, self.listbox),
         ])
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class TodoListWidget(urwid.LineBox):
         for todo in self.view.todos:
             todowidget = TodoWidget(todo, self.view.todolist.number(todo))
             self.todolist.append(todowidget)
-            self.todolist.append(urwid.Divider(u'-'))
+            self.todolist.append(urwid.Divider(u('-')))
 
         if old_focus_position:
             self.todolist.set_focus(old_focus_position)

topydo/ui/TodoWidget.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from six import text_type
+from six import text_type, u
 
 import urwid
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class TodoWidget(urwid.WidgetWrap):
         self.todo = p_todo
 
         priority = self.todo.priority()
-        priority_text = u""
+        priority_text = u("")
         todo_text = self.todo.source()
 
         if priority: