integrate the changes from the fix_encoding branch, with ostensible (but untested as yet) python 3 compatibility

rednose.py

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 # WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-import os
+from __future__ import print_function
+import os, sys
 import linecache
 import re
 import time
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ success = 'passed'
 skip = 'skipped'
 line_length = 77
 
+PY3 = sys.version_info[0] >= 3
+to_unicode = str if PY3 else unicode
+
 BLACKLISTED_WRITERS = [
 	'nose[\\/]result\\.pyc?$',
 	'unittest[\\/]runner\\.pyc?$'
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ class RedNose(nose.plugins.Plugin):
 		self._in_test = False
 	
 	def _format_test_name(self, test):
-		return test.shortDescription() or str(test)
+		return test.shortDescription() or to_unicode(test)
 	
 	def prepareTestResult(self, result):
 		result.stream = FilteringStream(self.stream, BLACKLISTED_WRITERS)
@@ -282,7 +286,7 @@ class RedNose(nose.plugins.Plugin):
 		return '\n'.join(ret)
 	
 	def _fmt_message(self, exception, color):
-		orig_message_lines = str(exception).splitlines()
+		orig_message_lines = to_unicode(exception).splitlines()
 
 		if len(orig_message_lines) == 0:
 			return ''
@@ -339,9 +343,9 @@ class FilteringStream(object):
 				print >> sys.stderr, "REDNOSE_DEBUG: got write call from %s, should_filter = %s" % (
 						filename, should_filter)
 			return should_filter
-		except StandardError, e:
+		except StandardError as e:
 			if REDNOSE_DEBUG:
-				print >> sys.stderr, "\nError in rednose filtering: %s" % (e,)
+				print("\nError in rednose filtering: %s" % (e,), file=sys.stderr)
 				traceback.print_exc(sys.stderr)
 			return False
 
@@ -356,5 +360,5 @@ class FilteringStream(object):
 	# pass non-known methods through to self.__stream
 	def __getattr__(self, name):
 		if REDNOSE_DEBUG:
-			print >> sys.stderr, "REDNOSE_DEBUG: getting attr %s" % (name,)
+			print("REDNOSE_DEBUG: getting attr %s" % (name,), file=sys.stderr)
 		return getattr(self.__stream, name)

rednose.xml

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ nosetests --no-color
 		<environment name="NOSE_REDNOSE" value="1"/>
 		<environment insert="" name="PYTHONPATH"/>
 		<command name="run">
-			<runner interface="http://gfxmonk.net/dist/0install/nosetests-plugin-resolver.xml"/>
+			<runner interface="http://gfxmonk.net/dist/0install/nosetests-runner.xml"/>
 		</command>
 		<requires interface="http://gfxmonk.net/dist/0install/python-termstyle.xml">
 			<version not-before="0.1.7"/>

sample_test.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
 from __future__ import print_function
 import unittest
 
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ class SomeTest(unittest.TestCase):
 	
 	def test_error(self):
 		raise RuntimeError("things went south\nand here's a second line!")
+
+	def test_utf8(self):
+		self.assertEqual(u'café', u'abc')
 	
 	def test_skip(self):
 		import nose
@@ -23,4 +27,3 @@ class SomeTest(unittest.TestCase):
 		"""It's got a long description, you see?"""
 		self.fail()
 
-