Automatic Filter for Accented Characters ?

Hi,

   I am very new to this list. Sorry if this is a FAQ (could someone
please tell me where it can be obtained)?

   I've been using for a long time files with characters with accents 
(ISO 8859 standard) in most of my editing works (vi, textedit, latex). 
One thing that intrigues me is the Latin-1 representation in HTML 
documents, as:  
                "á"  for small a acute letter.
I know that this representation is more adequate than the accented 
character since it uses only characters within 7-bit representation.

   I have now a lot of documents with accented characters, and I love 
them, because they make the text much more readable than using any other
codification. I've been wondering if I really should run a transformation
program for each HTML file I write before putting it in the WWW Server
public area. What I mean is: 

-> Is there a way to associate a filter to the WWW Server in order 
   that it reads the HTML documents with 8-bit characters (with accented 
   characters) and send a 7-bit (as é...) equivalent codification?

   Any hint would be greatly appreciated.

   Thank in advance,

      Fernando.
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Received on Sunday, 18 June 1995 17:35:51 UTC