--- loncom/localize/lonlocal.pm	2009/05/06 19:25:49	1.59
+++ loncom/localize/lonlocal.pm	2010/07/07 16:30:48	1.61
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Localization routines
 #
-# $Id: lonlocal.pm,v 1.59 2009/05/06 19:25:49 droeschl Exp $
+# $Id: lonlocal.pm,v 1.61 2010/07/07 16:30:48 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ sub preferred_languages {
         push(@languages,@browser);
     }
 
-    foreach my $domtype ($Apache::lonnet::env{'user.domain'},$Apache::lonnet::env{'request.role.domain'},
-                         $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}) {
+    my $defdom = &Apache::lonnet::default_login_domain();
+    foreach my $domtype ($Apache::lonnet::env{'user.domain'},$Apache::lonnet::env{'request.role.domain'},$defdom) {
         if ($domtype ne '') {
             my %domdefs = &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($domtype);
             if ($domdefs{'lang_def'} ne '') {
@@ -295,13 +295,12 @@ sub get_genlanguages {
 
 sub current_encoding {
     my $default='UTF-8';
-# UTF-8 character encoding needed for the whole LON-CAPA system
-# (interface language and homework problem content)
-# See Bugzilla 5702 vs. 2189 and 4067
-#    if ($Apache::lonnet::env{'browser.os'} eq 'win' && 
-#	$Apache::lonnet::env{'browser.type'} eq 'explorer') {
-#        $default='ISO-8859-1';
-#    }
+    unless ($Apache::lonnet::env{'browser.unicode'}) {
+        if ($Apache::lonnet::env{'browser.os'} eq 'win' && 
+	    $Apache::lonnet::env{'browser.type'} eq 'explorer') {
+            $default='ISO-8859-1';
+        }
+    }
     if ($lh) {
 	my $enc=$lh->maketext('char_encoding');
 	return ($enc eq 'char_encoding'?$default:$enc);