Paul Smith: >> I have an HTML document produced with Quanta on FC4, but when I open >> it with Quanta on FC5, the accented characters are not properly shown. >> How can I have Quanta showing the accented characters correctly and >> saving the HTML document with the correct accented characters? CodeHeads: > This is one of the reasons I quite using Quanta. It was too buggy for > me. I switched to bluefish. That may or may not help, depending on the problem Paul's got (authoring, serving and/or browsing). If serving HTML over HTTP, the HTTP headers should specify what character encoding is used (e.g. UTF-8). Failing that, and for non HTTP served HTML, a meta statement in the head of the page can do a similar job. Otherwise, the browser plays guessing games, and can get it wrong, or just makes an assumption based on user preferences or local defaults. NB: HTTP headers are authoritative, so if your server sends them, but your document uses a different encoding, specifying something different in the meta details isn't going to help. In that case, your choices are: Fix the HTTP details to suit your document (can be a default setting, can be determined per document). Remove the HTTP headers about content encoding and rely on each document defining itself *within* itself (not a brilliant solution). Author your document using the encoding the HTTP headers will advertise. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
