[NTLUG:Discuss] More shell scripting madness

[Stuart Johnston]

. Daniel wrote:

> Yeah, been meaning to stop using hotmail... guess I'll go ahead and 
> subscribe to NTLUG discuss with my regular email account.  I run a Japanese 
> language environment in support of my other activities which, at times, 
> requires I write in Japanese from time to time and the only way I can do 
> that effectively is to run in Japanese language mode.  Hotmail then thinks 
> it knows what I want and does everything up in Japanese for me.
> 
> I wonder if, when I use Thunderbird email, if it will cause any such 
> problems for other people?

Thunderbird lets you pick a default encoding.  You can also easily 
switch encodings when composing a message.

BTW, here's a handy Firefox plugin that lets you quickly change your 
default language.  I've found it very useful when developing for Japanese.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1333