[OS X TeX] Ucs Package

[Alex]

Two questions re using Unicode.

(1) By trial and error, I discovered that the ucs package works only if 
the source file is UTF-8 without a BOM. Is there any way to configure 
this package to handle other formats?

(2) What can be done about a character not defined in the ucs package?

When I process:

     \documentclass{article}
     \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
     \begin{document}
     \unichar{8209}
     \end{document}

I get:

     Error: Unknown Unicode character 8209 = U+2011

If I do it interactively and type H for help I get:

     Unicode character 8209 = U+2011:
     NON-BREAKING HYPHEN
     Character is not defined in uni-*.def files.
     Enter I!<RET> to define the glyph.

If I proceed, I'm asked for a definition of the glyph, and I have no 
clue what to do.

On the other hand, if I replace "8209" with "8222", I get:

     LaTeX Error: Command \quotedblbase unavailable in encoding OT1

Does anyone have any idea what's going on here and what I can do about 
it?

thanx

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