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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def show_kernel_error(self, error):
 """Show kernel initialization errors."""

        # Remove unneeded blank lines at the beginning
        eol = sourcecode.get_eol_chars(error)
        if eol:
            error = error.replace(eol, '<br>')
        # Don't break lines in hyphens
        # From http://stackoverflow.com/q/7691569/438386
        error = error.replace('-', '&#8209')

        message = _("An error occurred while starting the kernel")
        kernel_error_template = Template(KERNEL_ERROR)
        page = kernel_error_template.substitute(css_path=CSS_PATH,
                                                message=message,
                                                error=error)
        self.setHtml(page)