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+""" Python Character Mapping Codec generated from 'CP850.TXT'.
+
+
+Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).
+
+(c) Copyright CNRI, All Rights Reserved. NO WARRANTY.
+
+"""#"
+
+import codecs
+
+### Codec APIs
+
+class Codec(codecs.Codec):
+
+    def encode(self,input,errors='strict'):
+
+        return codecs.charmap_encode(input,errors,encoding_map)
+        
+    def decode(self,input,errors='strict'):
+
+        return codecs.charmap_decode(input,errors,decoding_map)
+
+class StreamWriter(Codec,codecs.StreamWriter):
+    pass
+        
+class StreamReader(Codec,codecs.StreamReader):
+    pass
+
+### encodings module API
+
+def getregentry():
+
+    return (Codec().encode,Codec().decode,StreamReader,StreamWriter)
+
+### Decoding Map
+
+decoding_map = {
+
+	0x0080: 0x00c7,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
+	0x0081: 0x00fc,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x0082: 0x00e9,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
+	0x0083: 0x00e2,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x0084: 0x00e4,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x0085: 0x00e0,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
+	0x0086: 0x00e5,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
+	0x0087: 0x00e7,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
+	0x0088: 0x00ea,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x0089: 0x00eb,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x008a: 0x00e8,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
+	0x008b: 0x00ef,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x008c: 0x00ee,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x008d: 0x00ec,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
+	0x008e: 0x00c4,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x008f: 0x00c5,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
+	0x0090: 0x00c9,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
+	0x0091: 0x00e6,	# LATIN SMALL LIGATURE AE
+	0x0092: 0x00c6,	# LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE AE
+	0x0093: 0x00f4,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x0094: 0x00f6,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x0095: 0x00f2,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
+	0x0096: 0x00fb,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x0097: 0x00f9,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
+	0x0098: 0x00ff,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x0099: 0x00d6,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x009a: 0x00dc,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x009b: 0x00f8,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE
+	0x009c: 0x00a3,	# POUND SIGN
+	0x009d: 0x00d8,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE
+	0x009e: 0x00d7,	# MULTIPLICATION SIGN
+	0x009f: 0x0192,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER F WITH HOOK
+	0x00a0: 0x00e1,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
+	0x00a1: 0x00ed,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
+	0x00a2: 0x00f3,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
+	0x00a3: 0x00fa,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
+	0x00a4: 0x00f1,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE
+	0x00a5: 0x00d1,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
+	0x00a6: 0x00aa,	# FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR
+	0x00a7: 0x00ba,	# MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR
+	0x00a8: 0x00bf,	# INVERTED QUESTION MARK
+	0x00a9: 0x00ae,	# REGISTERED SIGN
+	0x00aa: 0x00ac,	# NOT SIGN
+	0x00ab: 0x00bd,	# VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
+	0x00ac: 0x00bc,	# VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER
+	0x00ad: 0x00a1,	# INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK
+	0x00ae: 0x00ab,	# LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
+	0x00af: 0x00bb,	# RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
+	0x00b0: 0x2591,	# LIGHT SHADE
+	0x00b1: 0x2592,	# MEDIUM SHADE
+	0x00b2: 0x2593,	# DARK SHADE
+	0x00b3: 0x2502,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL
+	0x00b4: 0x2524,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND LEFT
+	0x00b5: 0x00c1,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
+	0x00b6: 0x00c2,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00b7: 0x00c0,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
+	0x00b8: 0x00a9,	# COPYRIGHT SIGN
+	0x00b9: 0x2563,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND LEFT
+	0x00ba: 0x2551,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL
+	0x00bb: 0x2557,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND LEFT
+	0x00bc: 0x255d,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND LEFT
+	0x00bd: 0x00a2,	# CENT SIGN
+	0x00be: 0x00a5,	# YEN SIGN
+	0x00bf: 0x2510,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT
+	0x00c0: 0x2514,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND RIGHT
+	0x00c1: 0x2534,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL
+	0x00c2: 0x252c,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
+	0x00c3: 0x251c,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND RIGHT
+	0x00c4: 0x2500,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL
+	0x00c5: 0x253c,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
+	0x00c6: 0x00e3,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE
+	0x00c7: 0x00c3,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE
+	0x00c8: 0x255a,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND RIGHT
+	0x00c9: 0x2554,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND RIGHT
+	0x00ca: 0x2569,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND HORIZONTAL
+	0x00cb: 0x2566,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
+	0x00cc: 0x2560,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND RIGHT
+	0x00cd: 0x2550,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE HORIZONTAL
+	0x00ce: 0x256c,	# BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
+	0x00cf: 0x00a4,	# CURRENCY SIGN
+	0x00d0: 0x00f0,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH
+	0x00d1: 0x00d0,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ETH
+	0x00d2: 0x00ca,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00d3: 0x00cb,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00d4: 0x00c8,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
+	0x00d5: 0x0131,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I
+	0x00d6: 0x00cd,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
+	0x00d7: 0x00ce,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00d8: 0x00cf,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00d9: 0x2518,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND LEFT
+	0x00da: 0x250c,	# BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND RIGHT
+	0x00db: 0x2588,	# FULL BLOCK
+	0x00dc: 0x2584,	# LOWER HALF BLOCK
+	0x00dd: 0x00a6,	# BROKEN BAR
+	0x00de: 0x00cc,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
+	0x00df: 0x2580,	# UPPER HALF BLOCK
+	0x00e0: 0x00d3,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
+	0x00e1: 0x00df,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
+	0x00e2: 0x00d4,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00e3: 0x00d2,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
+	0x00e4: 0x00f5,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE
+	0x00e5: 0x00d5,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE
+	0x00e6: 0x00b5,	# MICRO SIGN
+	0x00e7: 0x00fe,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN
+	0x00e8: 0x00de,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN
+	0x00e9: 0x00da,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
+	0x00ea: 0x00db,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00eb: 0x00d9,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
+	0x00ec: 0x00fd,	# LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
+	0x00ed: 0x00dd,	# LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
+	0x00ee: 0x00af,	# MACRON
+	0x00ef: 0x00b4,	# ACUTE ACCENT
+	0x00f0: 0x00ad,	# SOFT HYPHEN
+	0x00f1: 0x00b1,	# PLUS-MINUS SIGN
+	0x00f2: 0x2017,	# DOUBLE LOW LINE
+	0x00f3: 0x00be,	# VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS
+	0x00f4: 0x00b6,	# PILCROW SIGN
+	0x00f5: 0x00a7,	# SECTION SIGN
+	0x00f6: 0x00f7,	# DIVISION SIGN
+	0x00f7: 0x00b8,	# CEDILLA
+	0x00f8: 0x00b0,	# DEGREE SIGN
+	0x00f9: 0x00a8,	# DIAERESIS
+	0x00fa: 0x00b7,	# MIDDLE DOT
+	0x00fb: 0x00b9,	# SUPERSCRIPT ONE
+	0x00fc: 0x00b3,	# SUPERSCRIPT THREE
+	0x00fd: 0x00b2,	# SUPERSCRIPT TWO
+	0x00fe: 0x25a0,	# BLACK SQUARE
+	0x00ff: 0x00a0,	# NO-BREAK SPACE
+}
+
+### Encoding Map
+
+encoding_map = {}
+for k,v in decoding_map.items():
+    encoding_map[v] = k