From 8c051f3af1bcb47b3ad48c18885f45f391ae3fa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 15:08:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ;doc:Text encoding: updates

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 hledger/hledger.m4.md | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index 29a7e5e1e..f6937c6cb 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -7162,11 +7162,14 @@ _reportbugs_
 
 Some known issues and limitations:
 
-A system locale with a suitable text encoding must be configured to work with non-ascii data.
+hledger uses the system's text encoding when reading non-ascii text.
+If no system encoding is configured, or if the data's encoding is different,
+hledger will give an error.
 (See Text encoding, Troubleshooting.)
 
 On Microsoft Windows, depending what kind of terminal window you use,
-non-ascii characters, ANSI text formatting, and/or the add command's TAB key for completion, may not be supported.
+non-ascii characters, ANSI text formatting, and/or the add command's TAB key, may not be fully supported.
+(For best results, try a powershell window.)
 
 When processing large data files, hledger uses more memory than Ledger.