Subj : your external editor test of utf-8 To : Michiel van der Vlist From : Maurice Kinal Date : Thu Apr 24 2014 14:23:54 Hey Michiel! MvdV> But... when I set xlatimport utf-8 for this area, it looks ok... Go figure eh? They REALLY were utf-8 encoded. My encoding checker shows your reply as "text/plain; charset=utf-8" without even looking at the CHRS kludge or whether or not there is a BOM. I am doing this the correct way rather than some goofy broken kludge. ;-) I did some checking around for a utf-8 verification thingy for windows based software and only found some online web sites that would do it online. I think they are php scripts but I didn't bother testing them since I already have a local method that can be scripted into my WeBeBashing ftn functions. Works like a charm so far. Life is good, Maurice .... Don't cry for me I have vi. --- GNU bash, version 4.3.11(1)-release (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) * Origin: Pointy Stick Society - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001.0) .