Index: app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
===================================================================
--- app/helpers/issues_helper.rb	(revision 3111)
+++ app/helpers/issues_helper.rb	(working copy)
@@ -129,15 +129,15 @@
       case detail.property
       when 'attr', 'cf'
         if !detail.old_value.blank?
-          l(:text_journal_changed, :label => label, :old => old_value, :new => value)
+          l(:text_journal_changed, :label => label.force_encoding('utf-8'), :old => old_value.force_encoding('utf-8'), :new => value.force_encoding('utf-8'))
         else
-          l(:text_journal_set_to, :label => label, :value => value)
+          l(:text_journal_set_to, :label => label.force_encoding('utf-8'), :value => value.force_encoding('utf-8'))
         end
       when 'attachment'
-        l(:text_journal_added, :label => label, :value => value)
+        l(:text_journal_added, :label => label.force_encoding('utf-8'), :value => value.force_encoding('utf-8'))
       end
     else
-      l(:text_journal_deleted, :label => label, :old => old_value)
+      l(:text_journal_deleted, :label => label.force_encoding('utf-8'), :old => old_value.force_encoding('utf-8'))
     end
   end
   
Index: app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.plain.rhtml
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--- app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.plain.rhtml	(revision 3111)
+++ app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.plain.rhtml	(working copy)
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 <%= show_detail(detail, true) %>
 <% end -%>
 
-<%= @journal.notes if @journal.notes? %>
+<%= @journal.notes.force_encoding('utf-8') if @journal.notes? %>
 ----------------------------------------
 <%= render :partial => "issue_text_plain", :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>
Index: app/views/issues/_edit.rhtml
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--- app/views/issues/_edit.rhtml	(revision 3111)
+++ app/views/issues/_edit.rhtml	(working copy)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                              :url => {:action => 'edit', :id => @issue},
                              :html => {:id => 'issue-form',
                                        :class => nil,
-                                       :multipart => true} do |f| %>
+                                       :multipart => true, :'accept-charset' => 'utf-8'} do |f| %>
     <%= error_messages_for 'issue' %>
     <%= error_messages_for 'time_entry' %>
     <div class="box">
Index: app/views/issues/new.rhtml
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--- app/views/issues/new.rhtml	(revision 3111)
+++ app/views/issues/new.rhtml	(working copy)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h2><%=l(:label_issue_new)%></h2>
 
 <% labelled_tabular_form_for :issue, @issue, 
-                             :html => {:multipart => true, :id => 'issue-form'} do |f| %>
+                             :html => {:multipart => true, :id => 'issue-form', :'accept-charset' => 'utf-8'} do |f| %>
     <%= error_messages_for 'issue' %>
     <div class="box">
     <%= render :partial => 'issues/form', :locals => {:f => f} %>
Index: config/environment.rb
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--- config/environment.rb	(revision 3111)
+++ config/environment.rb	(working copy)
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
   # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence those specified here
-  
+  Encoding.default_external = 'utf-8'   
+  Encoding.default_internal = 'utf-8' 
   # Skip frameworks you're not going to use
   # config.frameworks -= [ :action_web_service, :action_mailer ]
 
Index: lib/tabular_form_builder.rb
===================================================================
--- lib/tabular_form_builder.rb	(revision 3111)
+++ lib/tabular_form_builder.rb	(working copy)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     super
   end      
       
-  (field_helpers - %w(radio_button hidden_field) + %w(date_select)).each do |selector|
+  (field_helpers - [:radio_button, :hidden_field] + [:date_select]).each do |selector|
     src = <<-END_SRC
     def #{selector}(field, options = {}) 
       label_for_field(field, options) + super