diff -Naur kdebase-3.5.0-orig/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp kdebase-3.5.0/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp

--- kdebase-3.5.0-orig/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp	2005-10-10 19:04:01 +0400

+++ kdebase-3.5.0/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp	2006-01-01 19:49:28 +0300

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@

 #include <qptrlist.h>

 #include <qmap.h>

 #include <qregexp.h>

+#include <qtextcodec.h>

+#include <qfileinfo.h>

 #include <kdebug.h>

 #include <kinstance.h>

@@ -566,6 +568,51 @@

         if (array.isEmpty())

             return 0;

+

+        //-------- Make locale encoded manpage text ---------------------------------

+        QTextCodec  *loc_codec = QTextCodec::codecForLocale();

+        if (loc_codec) {

+            QTextCodec  *man_codec = 0;

+

+            // Try .charmap file in manpage dir 

+            QFileInfo   fi(QFile::decodeName(_filename));

+            QFile       file(fi.dirPath(true).replace(QRegExp("/man\\w$"),"/.charset"));

+

+            if ( file.open( IO_ReadOnly ) ) {

+                QTextStream stream( &file );

+                QString     man_charmap;

+

+                man_charmap = stream.readLine(); // line of text excluding '\n'

+                file.close();

+                if (!man_charmap.isEmpty()) {

+                    man_codec = QTextCodec::codecForName(man_charmap.latin1());

+                }

+            }

+

+            // Can't find .charmap file or its empty. Try environment 

+            // variable

+            if(!man_codec) {

+                char *env = getenv("MAN_ICONV_INPUT_CHARSET");

+                if(env && *env)

+                    man_codec = QTextCodec::codecForName(env);

+            }

+    

+            // No manpage charmap specified, use UTF-8 as default

+            //if(!man_codec)

+            //    man_codec = QTextCodec::codecForMib(106);

+

+            if(man_codec) {

+                if (loc_codec->mibEnum()!=man_codec->mibEnum()) {

+                    // Locale has difer charmap than manpage

+                    QString unicode;

+

+                    kdDebug(7107) << "recode  " << man_codec->name() << " to " << loc_codec->name()  << endl;

+                    unicode = man_codec->toUnicode(array);

+                    array   = loc_codec->fromUnicode(unicode);

+                }

+            }

+        }

+        //--------------------------------------------------------------------------

         const int len = array.size();

         buf = new char[len + 4];