diff -Naur kdelibs-3.5.8.orig/kdeui/ksconfig.cpp kdelibs-3.5.8/kdeui/ksconfig.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.5.8.orig/kdeui/ksconfig.cpp	2007-10-08 16:01:29.000000000 +0200
+++ kdelibs-3.5.8/kdeui/ksconfig.cpp	2007-11-20 12:34:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
   setRunTogether   ( kc->readNumEntry("KSpell_RunTogether", 0) );
   setDictionary    ( kc->readEntry("KSpell_Dictionary") );
   setDictFromList  ( kc->readNumEntry("KSpell_DictFromList", false) );
-  setEncoding ( kc->readNumEntry ("KSpell_Encoding", KS_E_ASCII) );
+  setEncoding ( kc->readNumEntry ("KSpell_Encoding", KS_E_UTF8) );
   setClient ( kc->readNumEntry ("KSpell_Client", KS_CLIENT_ISPELL) );
 
   return true;
diff -Naur kdelibs-3.5.8.orig/kdeui/ksyntaxhighlighter.cpp kdelibs-3.5.8/kdeui/ksyntaxhighlighter.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.5.8.orig/kdeui/ksyntaxhighlighter.cpp	2007-10-08 16:01:37.000000000 +0200
+++ kdelibs-3.5.8/kdeui/ksyntaxhighlighter.cpp	2007-11-20 12:34:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
     key += '/';
     key += QString::number( config->readNumEntry( "KSpell_DictFromList", false ));
     key += '/';
-    key += QString::number( config->readNumEntry( "KSpell_Encoding", KS_E_ASCII ));
+    key += QString::number( config->readNumEntry( "KSpell_Encoding", KS_E_UTF8 ));
     key += '/';
     key += QString::number( config->readNumEntry( "KSpell_Client", KS_CLIENT_ISPELL ));
     return key;