Index: channels/__init__.py
==================================================================
--- channels/__init__.py
+++ channels/__init__.py
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@
 
 
 import gtk
 from uikit import uikit, ver as gtk_ver
 from config import *
+from compat2and3 import *
 import ahttp
 import action
 import os.path
 import xml.sax.saxutils
 import re

Index: compat2and3.py
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--- compat2and3.py
+++ compat2and3.py
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@
     PY3 = 1
 
     # basic functions
     xrange = range
     unicode = str
+    unichr = chr
 
     # urllib modules
     import urllib.request as urllib
     import urllib.request as urllib2
     from urllib.parse import quote_plus as urlencode, unquote as urldecode