>> 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. me too: Tex-Edit Plus (there are other editors on the Mac which allow to save in uft-8 encoding). However, I think the question is wrong. The right one is, how many of the people on this list will use an editor which can generate a utf-8 encoded file _within 4 or 5 years_? Javier