From 8c8b419e05b74ad4f5579b15ece7298cb8bf649f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:04:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug #3380: TXT input encoding ignored.

---
 src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
index 2b0245c98b..47b03181f0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         html_input = plugin_for_input_format('html')
         for opt in html_input.options:
             setattr(options, opt.option.name, opt.recommended_value)
+        options.input_encoding = 'utf-8'
         base = os.getcwdu()
         if hasattr(stream, 'name'):
             base = os.path.dirname(stream.name)