Re: Displaying 'umlaut' character

From: Sherm Pendley <sherm.pendley_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:55:13 -0400
Message-ID: <m2aan9q3we.fsf_at_sherm.shermpendley.com>

jt_at_toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) writes:

> And a web server normally
> sends a HTML header with the page that may contain a line
> like
>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

No, <meta http-equiv='...'> elements are only of use where there is *no* web server in use, such as when one is browing local files found on one's own HD.

A web server will send a *real* HTTP header, which will override any <meta> equivalents found in the HTML content.

sherm--

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Received on Wed Sep 22 2010 - 08:55:13 CDT