> When converting text from HTML to UTF-8, existing and valid UTF-8 > characters get mangled.
I'm far from my things and with rather limited connectivity. The truth is that I now live in an hospital, and likely for good, matter of speaking :-) . So, Recode and my other projects are opened to takers! Still have to think how to best trigger such transitions... For the problem you describe, could it be that you need the "-d" option, or such? I'm telling this from memory, and may be wrong. François
