not sure if this helps, but what we do is:

##	fix non utf8 stuff
          $res->{$_} =~ s/([^\x00-\x7F])/'&#' . ord($1) . ';'/gse;

## swap out common euro characters to english version search letters

          if ($res->{$_} =~ /\&\#/){
          my $to_eng = $res->{$_};
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#246\;/o/g;
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#214\;/O/g;
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#233\;/e/g;
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#232\;/e/g;
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#200\;/E/g;
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#201\;/E/g;
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#209\;/N/g;
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#241\;/n/g;
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#220\;/U/g;
          $to_eng =~ s/\&\#252\;/u/g;
}

## append to the keywords
$res->{$_} .= " ".$to_eng;

sorry if i am missing your needs entirely.

Brad

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On Aug 8, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Michael Peters wrote:

> amscopub-pcshop@yahoo.com wrote:
>> If you are using international characters, why don't you remove the
>> accents instead?
>>
>> For example, change the Spanish "se~nor" to "senor".
>
> That's what I'll do if there is no other option. But that doesn't help
> with things like chinese or hebrew characters. I have to deal with all
> of them, not just modified ascii chars.
>
> -- 
> Michael Peters
> Plus Three, LP
>
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