Hi, does this no longer work? -------------------- #!/usr/bin/env ruby # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*- puts $KCODE puts "èø¥è¥ï¡¬" -------------------- I tried it with Ruby 1.8.2 and 1.9, Debian Linux. What do I miss? Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de