Index: plugin.jelly
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/maven-plugins/announcement/plugin.jelly,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.11 plugin.jelly
--- plugin.jelly	22 Jul 2004 11:26:28 -0000	1.11
+++ plugin.jelly	2 Aug 2004 22:06:36 -0000
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     <maven:property var="announcementFile" name="maven.announcement.file" 
         defaultValue="${maven.gen.docs}/announcements/announcement-${versionVariable}.txt"/>
 
+    <maven:property var="announcementEncoding" name="maven.announcement.encoding" 
+        defaultValue="UTF-8"/>
+
     <!-- Ensure the directory where the announcement will be created exists -->
     <ant:dirname property="announcementDir" file="${announcementFile}"/>
     <ant:mkdir dir="${announcementDir}"/>
@@ -107,10 +110,11 @@
     
       <j:set var="stylesheetURI" value="file:${maven.announcement.stylesheet.path}"/>
 
-      <echo>Using stylesheet located at ${stylesheetURI}</echo>
+      <echo>Using stylesheet located at ${stylesheetURI} and encoding ${announcementEncoding}</echo>
 
       <j:file
           name="${file}"
+          encoding="${announcementEncoding}"
           outputMode="xml"
           omitXmlDeclaration="true"
           prettyPrint="false">
Index: plugin.properties
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/maven-plugins/announcement/plugin.properties,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.11 plugin.properties
--- plugin.properties	22 Jul 2004 11:26:28 -0000	1.11
+++ plugin.properties	2 Aug 2004 22:06:37 -0000
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@
 
 # Stylesheet to use to generate the text announcement
 maven.announcement.stylesheet.path = ${plugin.resources}/announcement.jsl
+
+# Encoding to be used to generate the file
+#maven.announcement.encoding = UTF-8
Index: xdocs/changes.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/maven-plugins/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.21 changes.xml
--- xdocs/changes.xml	22 Jul 2004 11:26:28 -0000	1.21
+++ xdocs/changes.xml	2 Aug 2004 22:06:37 -0000
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.3-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="add" issue="MPANNOUNCEMENT-13" due-to="Felipe Leme">
+        Added new optional <code>maven.announcement.encoding</code> property 
+        that defines which charset encoding to use to generate the text announcement.
+      </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add" issue="MPANNOUNCEMENT-11" due-to="Felipe Leme">
         Added new optional <code>maven.announcement.stylesheet.path</code>property 
         that defines what stylesheet to use to generate the text announcement.
Index: xdocs/properties.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/maven-plugins/announcement/xdocs/properties.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -r1.9 properties.xml
--- xdocs/properties.xml	22 Jul 2004 11:26:28 -0000	1.9
+++ xdocs/properties.xml	2 Aug 2004 22:06:37 -0000
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@
             <code>${plugin.resources}/announcement.jsl</code>
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.announcement.encoding</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Encoding to be used to generate the file.
+          </td>
+          <td>
+            <code>UTF-8</code>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
       </table>
     </section>
   </body>
