what about multi language searches

I'd like to look for files with filenames in Japanese. Apparently this isn't possible right now. To make it possible, firstly the search communication between clients would have to be done in UNICODE. What about the GNUtella protocoll, does it specify an encoding for the communication?

Simply using a Japanese system is out of the question, as I also use German: For example, Outlook crashes on a Japanese system if German entries exist. But both languages coexist easily on Windows XP, as the file system is fully UNICODE (you can even have mixed filenames Japanese/German on Windows 98, with FAT32 !). So I'd wish for programs that don't care about the default system locale and just do everything in UNICODE.

Java is UNICODE based, so the client is no problem. However, filenames in Kanji (Japanese) don't show up in the Library window. Somewhere the system default locale filters the filenames.

Has anybody thought about this, supporting multiple languages with Lime (and GNUtella) by using UNICODE? Nothing else works, by the way.

this has been discussed here before, you may want to try doing a search for "UNICODE'

Thanks I found it. Apparently the debate isn't concluded yet. So I ask you to seriously consider a UNICODE search protocol (UTF-8 can be used for compatibility)! Please, no local encodings, this makes a mess!