My software environment is SuSE Linux 9.0 Professional, running KDE 3.1, and Konqueror as the browser.
Whenever I type a euro sign into a message, I see it appear, correctly, as a euro sign. However, as soon as I either
"Preview" or
"Submit" the message, the euro sign gets mangled, and is replaced by a question mark.
See below:
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? <-- This was a euro sign when I typed it.
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Now, I'll hit the
"Preview" button:
(Hits "Preview"...)
Hey! Where did my euro sign go?!?!? It's changed into a question mark! (Both in the
Preview display above, and in the
Message Body input area, where I'm typing this.)
The strange thing is, that this does
not happen when I'm using Mozilla! In Mozilla, I type a euro sign, I see a euro sign, I
Preview and keep seeing a euro sign, I
Submit and
still see a euro sign... Then I fire up Konqueror again, call up my message, and the euro sign is
still there.
I'll Submit the text so far, close Konqueror, start Mozilla, and edit my post in Mozilla.
(Hits "Submit," and closes Konqueror...)
So, here I am in Mozilla now... I'll type a euro sign below:
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€ <-- This euro sign was typed in Mozilla.
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Now, I'll hit the
"Preview" button again:
(Hits "Preview"...)
See? The euro sign is still there!
I'll submit the text again, close Mozilla, reopen Konqueror, and edit my post again in Konqueror.
(Hits "Submit," and closes Mozilla...)
So - I restarted Konqueror, returned to my message, saw the euro sign I typed into Mozilla, edited my message, ... and the euro sign suddenly changed to a square?!?!?
I'll hit
"Preview" again:
(Hits "Preview"...)
Gee... in the preview, I see a euro sign, but in the input area, I see a square...
Now, some googling around makes me believe that this must have something to do with some type of character set and/or font configuration issue (see, e.g.,
here); problem is, I wouldn't know where to start looking for an explanation - let alone a solution...
Anybody out there has any idea where to go next?
Anything???