diff -Naur kdebase-3.5.0-orig/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp kdebase-3.5.0/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp
--- kdebase-3.5.0-orig/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp	2005-10-10 19:04:01 +0400
+++ kdebase-3.5.0/kioslave/man/kio_man.cpp	2006-01-01 19:49:28 +0300
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <qptrlist.h>
 #include <qmap.h>
 #include <qregexp.h>
+#include <qtextcodec.h>
+#include <qfileinfo.h>
 
 #include <kdebug.h>
 #include <kinstance.h>
@@ -566,6 +568,51 @@
         
         if (array.isEmpty())
             return 0;
+
+        //-------- Make locale encoded manpage text ---------------------------------
+        QTextCodec  *loc_codec = QTextCodec::codecForLocale();
+        if (loc_codec) {
+            QTextCodec  *man_codec = 0;
+
+            // Try .charmap file in manpage dir 
+            QFileInfo   fi(QFile::decodeName(_filename));
+            QFile       file(fi.dirPath(true).replace(QRegExp("/man\\w$"),"/.charset"));
+
+            if ( file.open( IO_ReadOnly ) ) {
+                QTextStream stream( &file );
+                QString     man_charmap;
+
+                man_charmap = stream.readLine(); // line of text excluding '\n'
+                file.close();
+                if (!man_charmap.isEmpty()) {
+                    man_codec = QTextCodec::codecForName(man_charmap.latin1());
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Can't find .charmap file or its empty. Try environment 
+            // variable
+            if(!man_codec) {
+                char *env = getenv("MAN_ICONV_INPUT_CHARSET");
+                if(env && *env)
+                    man_codec = QTextCodec::codecForName(env);
+            }
+    
+            // No manpage charmap specified, use UTF-8 as default
+            //if(!man_codec)
+            //    man_codec = QTextCodec::codecForMib(106);
+
+            if(man_codec) {
+                if (loc_codec->mibEnum()!=man_codec->mibEnum()) {
+                    // Locale has difer charmap than manpage
+                    QString unicode;
+
+                    kdDebug(7107) << "recode  " << man_codec->name() << " to " << loc_codec->name()  << endl;
+                    unicode = man_codec->toUnicode(array);
+                    array   = loc_codec->fromUnicode(unicode);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
         const int len = array.size();
         buf = new char[len + 4];