diff -Nur hpoj-0.91.orig/apps/xojpanel/xojpanel.cpp hpoj-0.91/apps/xojpanel/xojpanel.cpp
--- hpoj-0.91.orig/apps/xojpanel/xojpanel.cpp	2002-07-25 13:01:24 +0400
+++ hpoj-0.91/apps/xojpanel/xojpanel.cpp	2004-04-10 21:53:36 +0400
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include <qlabel.h>
 #include <qpixmap.h>
 #include <qstring.h>
+#include <qtextcodec.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@
 // Prints the contents of the character map to stdout.
 // #define DISPLAY_CHARACTER_MAP
 //
+// Default encoding used by device for LCD messages
+//#define DEFAULT_DEVICE_ENCODING "ISO8859-1"
+#define DEFAULT_DEVICE_ENCODING "ISO8859-5"
+//
 // In a case where you are using KDE2 and you built xojpanel
 // with qt-2.0.x, you may see a message like this:
 // "XError: BadValue(...)2". If so, try uncommenting the next line.
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@
 	caption = "";
 	useCaption = false;
 	ptalDeviceName = "";
+	deviceEncoding = DEFAULT_DEVICE_ENCODING;
 	bool deviceNameInTitle = true;
 	bool displayHelp = false;
 	bool isTranslationEnabled = true;
@@ -157,6 +163,11 @@
 			useCaption = true;
 			i++;		
 		}
+	    
+		else if(qstrcmp(argv[i], "-devenc") == 0) {
+			deviceEncoding = argv[i+1];
+			i++;		
+		}
 		
 		else if( (!possibleDeviceNameFound) && argv[i][0] != '-' ) {
 			// Assume first unidentified argument is ptalDeviceName
@@ -188,14 +199,16 @@
 			"\nOptions:\n\n"
 			
 
-			"\t-help\t\tPrint this information and exit.\n"
+			"\t-help\t\t\tPrint this information and exit.\n"
+
+			"\t-caption <text>\t\tOptional text to be displayed in titlebar.\n"
 
-			"\t-caption <text> Optional text to be displayed in titlebar.\n"
+			"\t-notrans\t\tDisables 'special character' translation.\n"
 
-			"\t-notrans\tDisables 'special character' translation.\n"
+			"\t-devenc <encoding>\tEncoding used by device for LCD messages.\n"
 
-			"\t-hidedevname\tPrevents PTAL device name from\n"
-			"\t\t\tbeing displayed in the titlebar.\n\n"
+			"\t-hidedevname\t\tPrevents PTAL device name from\n"
+			"\t\t\t\tbeing displayed in the titlebar.\n\n"
 
 			"\tThe first option *not* prefixed with a dash ('-')\n"
 			"\twill be be used as the PTAL device name. If a default\n"
@@ -317,6 +330,7 @@
 		characterMap[0x11] = 0xbb; // Right arrow to '>>'
 		characterMap[0x12] = 0xa3; // Large pound(?) to small pound
 		characterMap[0x13] = 0xbb; // Right hollow triangle to '>>'
+		characterMap[0x15] = 0xbb; // Right hollow triangle to '>>'
 		characterMap[0x80] = 0xab; // Left hollow triangle to '<<'
 		characterMap[0x81] = 0xbb; // Right black triangle to '>>'
 		characterMap[0x82] = 0x2a; // Hollow circle to '*'
@@ -529,8 +543,10 @@
 
 	int length = strlen(string);
 	int i = 0;
-	int spaces = 0;
+	int encFrom = 0;
+	unsigned int spaces = 0;
 	QString tmpString;
+	QTextCodec *codec;
 
 	#ifdef SHOW_LCD_MESSAGE_ASCII_CODES
 		// Show contents of original string as sent from device.
@@ -546,28 +562,40 @@
 		if ( string[0] != 0 ) printf("\nNew message:\n");
 	#endif
 
+	// Initialize the codec
+	codec = QTextCodec::codecForName(deviceEncoding);
+	if ( ! codec )
+	    codec = QTextCodec::codecForName(DEFAULT_DEVICE_ENCODING);
+	
 	// Convert each character in string[] to corresponding
-	// character in characterTranslationMap[]
-	for ( int i = 0; i < length; i++ ) {
-		string[i] = characterTranslationMap[ (unsigned char)string[i] ];
+	// character in characterTranslationMap[] and apply necessary encoding
+	// conversion
+	for ( i = 0; i < length; i++ ) {
+	    if ((char)characterTranslationMap[ (unsigned char)string[i] ]
+	            != string[i]) {
+	        tmpString += codec->toUnicode(string + encFrom, i - encFrom);
+	        tmpString += 
+	            QChar(characterTranslationMap[ (unsigned char)string[i] ]);
+	        encFrom = i + 1;
+	    }
 	}
+	tmpString += codec->toUnicode(string + encFrom, i - encFrom);
 
 	spaces = 0;
-	i = length - 1 ;
+	i = tmpString.length() - 1 ;
 
 	// Count spaces on the trailing end of the string.
-	while( string[i] == 0x20 ) {
+	while( tmpString[i] == 0x20 ) {
 		// printf("i is now= %d\n", i);
 		spaces++;
 		// printf("spaces= %d\n\n", spaces);
 
 		// Don't cycle through again if the entire string
 		// is counted for removal. It could result in a segfault.
-		if( spaces >= length ) break;
+		if( spaces >= tmpString.length() ) break;
 		i--;
 	}
 
-	tmpString = string;
 	// printf("tmpString= %s\n",(const char*)tmpString );
 
 	// Remove trailing spaces and assign text to appropriate message line.
diff -Nur hpoj-0.91.orig/apps/xojpanel/xojpanel.h hpoj-0.91/apps/xojpanel/xojpanel.h
--- hpoj-0.91.orig/apps/xojpanel/xojpanel.h	2002-07-25 13:01:24 +0400
+++ hpoj-0.91/apps/xojpanel/xojpanel.h	2004-04-10 20:35:01 +0400
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 
 	char* caption;
 	char* ptalDeviceName;
+	char* deviceEncoding;
  	
 	bool useCaption;