Jordan Callicoat wrote: > On Dec 3, 1:47 pm, Greg Willits <li... / gregwillits.ws> wrote: >> :-) >> >> Seems like Ruby doesn't like to use the hex \x{7HHHHHHH} variant? > Oniguruma is not in ruby 1.8 (though you can install it as a gem). It > is in 1.9. Oh. I always thought Oniguruma was the engine in Ruby. Anyway -- everyone, thanks for all the input. I believe I'm headed in the right direction now, and have a better hands on understanding of UTF-8. -- gw -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.