Comment #7 on issue 348 by ilabath: Encoding task force http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=348 Function X.H.DynamicLog.dynamicLogString :: PP -> X String encodes the resulting string to utf8, which is sloppy according to the guidelines and produces double-encoded output with ghc 6.12.3 on darcs version of xmonad+contib when outputting to a pipe. I've removed the encodeString processing, and added a cleaner equivalent to the xmonadPropLog, where I believe the output should be utf8-encoded. It fixes encoding issues for me, but I have only tested it with pipe output on my current setup. I don't know whether it will work on older versions of ghc, where output might not be automatically encoded. While fixing the log hook, I've noticed a redundant depend in the cabal file and (hopefully) made the X.U.NamedWindows.getName function more readable. I don't know what to do with those patches, so I'm just attaching them as well. Attachments: log-fix.dpatch 48.8 KB nodepend.dpatch 47.6 KB nicer-getname.dpatch 48.5 KB