--- a/Preferences/__init__.py	Sat Jul 03 21:07:06 2010 +0200
+++ b/Preferences/__init__.py	Sun Jul 04 17:52:29 2010 +0200
@@ -616,6 +616,9 @@
     if hasattr(QWebSettings, "DnsPrefetchEnabled"):
         helpDefaults["DnsPrefetchEnabled"] = \
             websettings.testAttribute(QWebSettings.DnsPrefetchEnabled)
+    if hasattr(QWebSettings, "defaultTextEncoding"):
+        helpDefaults["DefaultTextEncoding"] = \
+            websettings.defaultTextEncoding()
 
     # defaults for system settings
     sysDefaults = {