Re: Importing file

I've actually run into a similar problem trying to use spanish in mail. I can't remember the exact solution off the top of my head but it basically involved going from ASCII to UTF. -Dan On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 19:23, Richard Baskett wrote: > When I import a file using the file() function it is screwing up any spanish > accents and putting in some strange characters in their place. Is there > something that I can do to remedy this? > > So for example something like 'é' is being turned into '-', or > 'í' is being > turned into '£' etc etc.. examples are not correct, but it's just to get the > point across :) > > Cheers! > > Rick > > He who draws noble delights from the sentiments of poetry is a true poet, > though he has never written a line in all his life. - George Sand >