diff -Naur kdebase-3.1.3.orig/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp kdebase-3.1.3/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp

--- kdebase-3.1.3.orig/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp	2003-07-13 23:24:04 +0400

+++ kdebase-3.1.3/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp	2003-08-13 17:08:48 +0400

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@

 #include <qptrlist.h>

 #include <qmap.h>

 #include <qregexp.h>

+#include <qtextcodec.h>

+#include <qfileinfo.h>

 #include <kdebug.h>

 #include <kinstance.h>

@@ -490,6 +492,51 @@

     delete fd;

+    //-------- 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(text);

+                text    = loc_codec->fromUnicode(unicode);

+            }

+        }

+    }

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

+

     int l = text.length();

 	buf = new char[l + 4];

     memcpy(buf + 1, text.data(), l);