*** component.rb	2011-11-30 11:16:18.107655936 +0100
--- /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/htmlgrid-1.0.0/lib/htmlgrid/component.rb	2011-11-30 10:47:30.885034306 +0100
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*** 213,219 ****
  			@attributes.store('tabIndex', tab.to_s)
  		end
  		def to_html(context)
! 			_to_html(context, @value).to_s
  		end
      @@nl2br_ptrn = /(\r\n)|(\n)|(\r)/
  		def _to_html(context, value=@value)
--- 213,220 ----
  			@attributes.store('tabIndex', tab.to_s)
  		end
  		def to_html(context)
! 			#_to_html(context, @value).to_s
! 			_to_html(context, @value).to_s.force_encoding('utf-8')
  		end
      @@nl2br_ptrn = /(\r\n)|(\n)|(\r)/
  		def _to_html(context, value=@value)