--- a/bins_edit	Thu Oct 16 00:06:40 2008 +0200
+++ b/bins_edit	Thu Oct 16 00:11:14 2008 +0200
@@ -43,20 +43,6 @@
 my $html=0;
 
 my $localEncoding;
-$localEncoding = `locale charmap`;
-chomp $localEncoding;
-if ($? != 0 ) {
-  $localEncoding = "LATIN1";
-} else {
-  if (! $localEncoding or ($localEncoding eq "ANSI_X3.4-1968")) {
-    chop($localEncoding);
-    # ANSI is unspeakably primitive, promote it.
-    $localEncoding = "LATIN1";
-    print "Forcing encoding to $localEncoding\n" if ($verbose >=2);
-  }
-}
-my $converter = Text::Iconv->new($localEncoding, "UTF-8");
-print "Using $localEncoding encoding on input\n" if ($verbose >=2);
 
 # decode HTML entites which doesn't exist in XML
 sub decodeEntites{
@@ -383,6 +369,24 @@
 }
 
 
+sub determine_encoding {
+    $localEncoding = `locale charmap`;
+    chomp $localEncoding;
+    if ($? != 0 ) {
+        $localEncoding = "LATIN1";
+    } else {
+        if (! $localEncoding or ($localEncoding eq "ANSI_X3.4-1968")) {
+            chop($localEncoding);
+            # ANSI is unspeakably primitive, promote it.
+            $localEncoding = "LATIN1";
+            print "Forcing encoding to $localEncoding\n" if ($verbose >=2);
+        }
+    }
+    my $converter = Text::Iconv->new($localEncoding, "UTF-8");
+    print "Using $localEncoding encoding on input\n" if ($verbose >=2);
+}
+
+
 sub main{
   my %values;
   my $album = 0;  # 1 if it a album description file
@@ -411,6 +415,8 @@
   
   print "Verbosity is $verbose\n" if $verbose>1;
   
+  &determine_encoding;
+  
   my @files;
   if ($#ARGV < 0) {
     if ($album) {