- From: Paul Libbrecht <paul@activemath.org>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 15:26:31 +0200
- To: www-math@w3.org
David Carlisle wrote: >>we have observed that most browsers do honour always the encoding >>given in the file even though the server gives a different header > > touchy subject that. The XML spec states _explictly_ that a browser > should ignore the file and believe the server if they differ, lots of > people think this is wrong as it's easy (say for XSLT) to put the right > xml declaration in the file, but it's a lot harder for people to make > sure when they upload to a server that it is served with the correct > header. So many browsers ignore the spec and try to use the "right > encoding". It's not at all clear that the spec is sensible here, but > telling browser makers (one in particular:-) that ignoring the spec is > OK sets a dangerous precedent, In general, however, I think and hope the servers just DON'T send such headers. If this spec is correct, I know no browser that is applying it (perheaps iCab) among the seven or eight I've met... >>Maybe one of the reasons is that Emacs 20 was still widespread these >>last years... > what other editors are there:-) jEdit ! (and that's UTF-8 aware!)
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