Hi, I'm uploading a beta that may work better with xml and special encodings ... \enableregime[cp1250] \mainlanguage[cz] \starttext \title{Žluouècí konì úpí} \placelist[chapter][criterium=all] \startbuffer <chapter> <title>Žluouècí konì úpí</title> </chapter> \stopbuffer \defineXMLenvironment [chapter] {\defineXMLsave[title]} {\expanded{\chapter{\XMLflush{title}}}} \processXMLbuffer \setuphead[chapter][expansion=yes] \defineXMLenvironment [chapter] {\defineXMLsave[title]} {\chapter{\XMLflush{title}}} \processXMLbuffer \page \index{Žluouècí konì úpí} \placeregister[index] \stoptext ... i'd like users of code pages and languages that use special characters to make test files for the test suite (hosted at the gforce server, see earlier mails) once we have a clear picture of what to expect, i can 'make things better' (cleaner -) also, since we will switch to newtexexec (becoming texexec then) soon, sorting etc will be taken care of there (i did some tests and it seems to work ok) if this beta works ok (please test today -) we can go current Hans -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------