[badminton1]

What if you are using another encoding that already works for you? Same as real life alphabets and such?

[rhencke]

Convert it to UTF-8 or UTF-16 and call it a day.

Let the fractured world of code pages rest in peace. Unicode may not be perfect, but it sure beats the alternatives.

[kmicklas]

> or UTF-16

Please no. UTF-16 needs to die a painful death.