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+#!/bin/sh
+# run this file to launch GoldEd
+# it also contains workaround for Russian language in UTF-8 encoding
+echo "$LC_ALL $LC_CTYPE $LANG" | grep -q "ru_RU.UTF-8" \
+ && (export LC_ALL="ru_RU.KOI8-R"; exec luit -encoding koi8-r -- gedlnx $*) \
+ || exec gedlnx $*