Re: default value for @charset in CSS2

Bert Bos a écrit :
> 
> Was this ever brought to a conclusion? I missed the thread at the time
> and only just noticed it.
> 
> I believe the answer is in two parts:
> 
>   1 For a local file there is no default. If the filesystem provides
>     out-of-band metadata, you can use that, otherwise you're on your
>     own.
> 
>   2 On the wire, the specifications of MIME and HTTP govern the
>     default. The default in MIME for all text/* types is US-ASCII.
>     In HTTP the default is ISO-8859-1.
> 
> That leaves FTP and other protocols undefined, of course, but I'm not
> sure that's our responsability.
>
> [snip]
>
> > > My opinion is that it is reasonable to default to whatever charset has
> > > been set in the user's menu, which might be an auto-detector.


Exactly. I don't really think we need more than the contents of the
section 4.4 of CSS 2 spec :

<BLOCKQUOTE>
When a style sheet resides in a separate file, user agents must observe
the following priorities when determining a document's character encoding
(from highest priority to lowest):

  1. An HTTP "charset" parameter in a "Content-Type" field. 
  2. The @charset at-rule. 
  3. Mechanisms of the language of the referencing document (e.g., in
     HTML, the "charset" attribute of the LINK element). 
</BLOCKQUOTE>

If you consider that the user's choice is a user @charset at-rule defined
in a user stylesheet overriding HTTP charset and existing @charset in a
downloaded stylesheet, you have everything you need, don't you ?

</Daniel>
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PS : Salut pierre@netscape ! comme on se retrouve :-)