> in the long term most likely yes, but how many of the > people on this list can easily (in their favorite editing system) edit or > generate a utf8 encoded file? hands up? me: emacs20 + mule-ucs. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ ftp://ftp.m17n.org/pub/mule/Mule-UCS/ The UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html Karsten -- Karsten Tinnefeld [log in to unmask] Fachbereich Informatik, Lehrstuhl 2 T +49 231 755-4737 Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Deutschland F +49 231 755-2047