[Bug 147792] New: editor does not handle unknown characters (non-declared e.g. latin9 in an UTF-8 environment) correctly when replying

[Hauke Laging]

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           Summary: editor does not handle unknown characters (non-declared
                    e.g. latin9 in an UTF-8 environment) correctly when
                    replying
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: hauke laging de


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

When I receive an email without character set definition then kmail shows an rectangle for each unknown character. That's OK for me but the editor doesn't handle these correctly. It seems the editor sees less characters in that line than it shows. This makes it quite difficult to erase or correct the problematic characters. Pressing the end of line key does not put the cursor at the end but somewhere within the last word (depending on the count of problematic characters in that line).