Started following web-page
http://tw.reg.yahoo.com/config/agree?from=http%3a%2f%2fedit.tpe.yahoo.com...
Copied and pasted 1st paragraph to
1) Kedit
and save it as /user/twyahoo.txt
2) OOo
and save it as /user/twyaoo.doc and /user/twyaoo.sxw
respectively
(remark: both as unformatted text)
Reopened them
1) twyahoo.txt, reading only codes - ???????????
2) No problem on both formats, .doc and .sxw, still
reading the pasted text correctly.
This steps work for me as well. From the descriptions, I think it is
because you may changed the encoding in KDE in RH8 so that it keeps the
set encoding.
Please add a new user (so that you have a fresh .kde) and try again.
Or rename your ~/.kde to ~/.kde.bak and test.
Cheers,
Leon