[Info-vax] OSU server, LYNX and character sets

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/22/2012 3:59 PM, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> I have a web page served by the OSU server which contains
>
>     <Meta Http-Equiv="Content-Type" Content="text/html; Charset=iso-8859-15">
>
> LYNX says:
>
>     Charset: iso-8859-1
>
> Why the difference?

I assume that OSU is configured to send ISO-8859-1 in the
HTTP header (charset in content type).

That takes precedence over META tag.

(I don't think that is smart, but that is how it is)

Arne