> So provide a front-end filter for converting UTF-16 to a better > multibyte format. well no I won't because there are already 1001 good converters freely available already. I agree that since its easy to convert that it isn't a real problem in practice. Mainly its a problem for _me_ as I can't call xmltex an XML parser because the XML spec mandates utf16 support. (Apart from bugs, of which there are probably some) I believe xmltex does implement all the productions in the XML spec that are required of a non validating parser. With the exception of this TeX behaviour of removing spaces at ends of lines, which affects white space normalisation and utf16 support. David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp