Finally, the code to support Unicode has been integrated into Hugs. Special thanks to Ross Paterson who carefully inserted the code I proposed into the hugs sources hierarchy. Please see the release notes and to find out how to obtain the code for testing: http://www.golubovsky.org/software/hugs-patch/hugs_unicode_test.html Please direct all questions and comments to me <dimitry at golubovsky dot org> or in appropriate mailing lists. -- Dmitry M. Golubovsky South Lyon, MI