Sep 17, '04 10:05:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
- Forms that I submitted had "?" marks where there were supposed to be special Hungarian characters
- Mail that I sent with these characters arrived jumbled up for Outlook Express users, Yahoo Mail users, etc.
At this point, some languages should already work fine. Others (like Hungarian) need a little more work. Open up Terminal (in Applications -> Utilities), and type:
sudo defaults write com.apple.mail WebKitDefaultTextEncoding ISO-8859-2
Replace ISO-8859-2 with the appropriate encoding needed for your language. Then type:
sudo defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDefaultTextEncoding ISO-8859-2
And again, substitute the correct encoding. Now log out and log back in. Both Safari and Mail should now work perfectly. Good luck!
[robg adds: I don't think that the sudo should be required, as this is simply changing a preference in the user's domain, and make sure neither app is running when you execute those commands. I have not tested this hint.]
