@@ -65,13 +65,10 @@
 enum {
 	OF_STRING_SEARCH_BACKWARDS = 1,
 	OF_STRING_SKIP_EMPTY	   = 2
 };
 
-/* FIXME */
-#define OF_STRING_ENCODING_NATIVE OF_STRING_ENCODING_UTF_8
-
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_BLOCKS
 /*!
  * @brief A block for enumerating the lines of a string.
  *
  * @param line The current line
@@ -325,10 +322,20 @@
  * @param components An array of components for the path
  * @return A new autoreleased OFString
  */
 + (OFString*)pathWithComponents: (OFArray*)components;
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Returns the string encoding native to the operating system.
+ *
+ * This is useful to encode strings correctly for passing them to operating
+ * system calls.
+ *
+ * @return The string encoding native to the operating system
+ */
++ (of_string_encoding_t)nativeOSEncoding;
+
 /*!
  * @brief Initializes an already allocated OFString from a UTF-8 encoded C
  *	  string.
  *
  * @param UTF8String A UTF-8 encoded C string to initialize the OFString with