RE: unicode on windows

> Also each character when I view it via character
> listing of IME pad, it  has three hex numbers.
Seeing three hex numbers per character is a sure sign you've got utf8. You
need to convert the characters to the platform encoding before using 'open'.
In fact, I believe you have to wrap conversions around every (?) function or
operator that uses characters and deals with the system unless the
underlying OS can deal with utf8.

=ED