--- kdeutils/ark/arch.cpp~	2011-08-13 09:25:08.000000000 +0300
+++ kdeutils/ark/arch.cpp	2012-06-14 16:58:52.417875615 +0300
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 // QT includes
 #include <tqapplication.h>
 #include <tqfile.h>
+#include <tqtextcodec.h>
 
 // KDE includes
 #include <kdebug.h>
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@
 
     data[ lfChar ] = '\0';
 
-    m_buffer.append( TQString::fromUtf8(data + startChar).latin1() );
+    m_buffer.append( data + startChar );
 
     data[ lfChar ] = '\n';
     startChar = lfChar + 1;
@@ -333,12 +335,15 @@
   unsigned int pos = 0;
   int strpos, len;
 
+  TQTextCodec *codec = TQTextCodec::codecForLocale();
+  TQString tqunicode_line = codec->toUnicode( line );
+
   // Go through our columns, try to pick out data, return silently on failure
   for ( TQPtrListIterator <ArchColumns>col( m_archCols ); col.current(); ++col )
   {
     ArchColumns *curCol = *col;
 
-    strpos = curCol->pattern.search( line, pos );
+    strpos = curCol->pattern.search( tqunicode_line, pos );
     len = curCol->pattern.matchedLength();
 
     if ( ( strpos == -1 ) || ( len > curCol->maxLength ) )
@@ -354,7 +359,7 @@
 
     pos = strpos + len;
 
-    columns[curCol->colRef] = TQString::fromLocal8Bit( line.mid(strpos, len) );
+    columns[curCol->colRef] = tqunicode_line.mid(strpos, len).utf8();
   }
 
 
--- kdeutils-3.5.1/ark/arkapp.cpp~	2006-01-19 19:49:29 +0300
+++ kdeutils-3.5.1/ark/arkapp.cpp	2006-02-20 19:28:23 +0300
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <tqfile.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <qtextcodec.h>
 
 
 #include "arkapp.h"
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ ArkApplication::ArkApplication()
 {
 	m_mainwidget = new TQWidget;
 	setMainWidget(m_mainwidget);
+	QTextCodec::setCodecForCStrings(QTextCodec::codecForLocale());
 }
 
 int