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Re: character encoding in html
- To: Dave Pawson <daveP at dpawson dot freeserve dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: character encoding in html
- From: Jirka Kosek <jirka at kosek dot cz>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:28:56 +0200
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- References: <5.1.0.14.2.20010514183159.00a6e5a0@127.0.0.1>
Dave Pawson wrote:
> problem line
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
>
> I'm told (David LeBlanc) that the semicolon between
> html and charset is causing the problem.
>
> removing it clears the problem.
Semicolon is correct at this place. Probably bug in your browser.
> I'm curious if it has any effect on netscape, especially since
> I'm not using any special characters AFAIK.
Both Netscape and Internet Explorer are able to change encoding based on
this meta tag.
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