3 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/fe-recode.c b/src/fe-common/core/fe-recode.c
index b6d89e96..988c3762 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/fe-recode.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/fe-recode.c
@@ -155,7 +155,16 @@ static void read_settings(void)
 	char *old_term_charset = g_strdup(term_charset);
 	char *old_recode_fallback = g_strdup(recode_fallback);
 	char *old_recode_out_default = g_strdup(recode_out_default);
-	
+
+	if (settings_get_bool("recode_transliterate")) {
+		/* check if transliterations are supported in this system */
+		if (!is_valid_charset("ASCII")) {
+			printformat(NULL, NULL, MSGLEVEL_CLIENTERROR,
+				    TXT_CONVERSION_NO_TRANSLITS);
+			settings_set_bool("recode_transliterate", FALSE);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (recode_fallback)
 		g_free(recode_fallback);
 	recode_fallback = g_strdup(settings_get_str("recode_fallback"));
diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.c b/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.c
index 66fb9f91..d9bfc48b 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.c
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ FORMAT_REC fecommon_core_formats[] = {
 	{ "conversion_added", "Added {hilight $0}/{hilight $1} to conversion database", 2, { FORMAT_STRING, FORMAT_STRING } },
 	{ "conversion_removed", "Removed {hilight $0} from conversion database", 1, { FORMAT_STRING } },
 	{ "conversion_not_found", "{hilight $0} not found in conversion database", 1, { FORMAT_STRING } },
+	{ "conversion_no_translits", "Transliterations not supported in this system", 0 },
 	{ "recode_header", "%#Target                         Character set", 0 },
 	{ "recode_line", "%#%|$[!30]0 $1", 2, { FORMAT_STRING, FORMAT_STRING } },
 
diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.h b/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.h
index 55ea9df0..8f481aca 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.h
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/module-formats.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ enum {
 	TXT_CONVERSION_ADDED,
 	TXT_CONVERSION_REMOVED,
 	TXT_CONVERSION_NOT_FOUND,
+	TXT_CONVERSION_NO_TRANSLITS,
 	TXT_RECODE_HEADER,
 	TXT_RECODE_LINE,