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+
+**Note**: The JS files are encoded in UTF-8 so your page should also be enconded
+in a compatible charset or else the special characters will look as garbage.
+The demos set the correct charset as shown bellow:
+
+
+
+
+
+ ...
Why
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@@ -89,9 +99,8 @@ labels with the standard mechanism of passing individual options.
Contributions are welcome
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-Currently only Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR) is supported because that's my
-mother tongue. I'll accept any and all pull requests for corrections and new
-languages (and also submissions by email).
+Currently only Portuguese (pt-BR and pt-PT). I'll accept any and all pull
+requests for corrections and new languages (and also submissions by email).
Translating a language file is a trivial (but tedious) process. The file format
is self-explanatory (but don't change anything outside comments and string