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I've already posted 2 other small problems in the other bugs topic, but I think this one is a bit bigger...

Using special chars like these double arrows add a weird char in front of it: » » » » »
And when you click edit it has added the char too, even when you do preview post. And then it has added even more weird chars in the textarea.

Probably something to do with utf-8, and I think it's something you want to have fixed earlier rather than later. (Converting databases to utf-8 is not funny.)

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I've just updated the code to be UTF-8 friendly. The database still needs to be converted, so some mangling still seems to happen in some cases.


Greek (in Polytonic):

The Greek anthem:

Σὲ γνωÏ?ίζω ἀπὸ τὴν κόψη
τοῦ σπαθιοῦ τὴν Ï„Ï?ομεÏ?á½µ,
σὲ γνωÏ?ίζω ἀπὸ τὴν ὄψη
ποὺ μὲ βία μετÏ?άει Ï„á½´ γῆ.

᾿Απ᾿ τὰ κόκκαλα βγαλμένη
τῶν ῾Ελλήνων Ï„á½° ἱεÏ?á½±
καὶ σὰν Ï€Ï?ῶτα ἀνδÏ?ειωμένη
χαῖÏ?ε, ὦ χαῖÏ?ε, ᾿ΕλευθεÏ?ιά!

From a speech of Demosthenes in the 4th century BC:

Οá½?χὶ ταá½?Ï„á½° παÏ?ίσταταί μοι γιγνώσκειν, ὦ ἄνδÏ?ες ᾿Αθηναῖοι,
ὅταν τ᾿ εἰς Ï„á½° Ï€Ï?άγματα ἀποβλέψω καὶ ὅταν Ï€Ï?ὸς τοὺς
λόγους οὓς ἀκούω· τοὺς μὲν γὰÏ? λόγους πεÏ?ὶ τοῦ
τιμωÏ?ήσασθαι Φίλιππον á½?Ï?ῶ γιγνομένους, Ï„á½° δὲ Ï€Ï?άγματ᾿
εἰς τοῦτο Ï€Ï?οήκοντα, ὥσθ᾿ ὅπως μὴ πεισόμεθ᾿ αá½?τοὶ
Ï€Ï?ότεÏ?ον κακῶς σκέψασθαι δέον. οá½?δέν οὖν ἄλλο μοι δοκοῦσιν
οἱ Ï„á½° τοιαῦτα λέγοντες á¼¢ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν, πεÏ?ὶ ἧς βουλεύεσθαι,
οá½?χὶ τὴν οὖσαν παÏ?ιστάντες ὑμῖν á¼?μαÏ?τάνειν. á¼?γὼ δέ, ὅτι μέν
ποτ᾿ �ξῆν τῇ πόλει καὶ τὰ αὑτῆς ἔχειν ἀσφαλῶς καὶ Φίλιππον
τιμωÏ?ήσασθαι, καὶ μάλ᾿ ἀκÏ?ιβῶς οἶδα· á¼?π᾿ á¼?μοῦ γάÏ?, οá½? πάλαι
γέγονεν ταῦτ᾿ ἀμφότεÏ?α· νῦν μέντοι πέπεισμαι τοῦθ᾿ ἱκανὸν
Ï€Ï?ολαβεῖν ἡμῖν εἶναι τὴν Ï€Ï?ώτην, ὅπως τοὺς συμμάχους
σώσομεν. á¼?ὰν γὰÏ? τοῦτο βεβαίως ὑπάÏ?ξῃ, τότε καὶ πεÏ?ὶ τοῦ
τίνα τιμωÏ?ήσεταί τις καὶ ὃν Ï„Ï?όπον á¼?ξέσται σκοπεῖν· Ï€Ï?ὶν δὲ
τὴν á¼€Ï?χὴν á½€Ï?θῶς ὑποθέσθαι, μάταιον ἡγοῦμαι πεÏ?ὶ τῆς
τελευτῆς �ντινοῦν ποιεῖσθαι λόγον.

Δημοσθένους, Γ´ ᾿Ολυνθιακὸς

Russian:

From a Unicode conference invitation:

ЗарегиÑ?трируйтеÑ?ÑŒ Ñ?ейчаÑ? на ДеÑ?Ñ?тую Международную Конференцию по
Unicode, котораÑ? Ñ?оÑ?тоитÑ?Ñ? 10-12 марта 1997 года в Майнце в Германии.
КонференциÑ? Ñ?оберет широкий круг Ñ?кÑ?пертов по вопроÑ?ам глобального
Интернета и Unicode, локализации и интернационализации, воплощению и
применению Unicode в различных операционных Ñ?иÑ?темах и программных
приложениÑ?Ñ…, шрифтах, верÑ?тке и многоÑ?зычных компьютерных Ñ?иÑ?темах.