[Info-vax] OSU server, LYNX and character sets
Arne Vajhøj
arne at vajhoej.dk
Mon Jan 23 20:12:49 EST 2012
On 1/23/2012 3:28 AM, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> In article<4f1ccc1b$0$283$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>
>>>> 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)
>>>
>>> Do you know WHERE this is configured?
>>
>> First verify that it is indeed the case.
>>
>> I don't know where it can be configured. Maybe in the *SUFFIXES*.CONF.
>
> I looked in *.CONF and *.C and didn't see anything. :-(
Before spending more time looking then check whether there
are a charset in the HTTP headers.
yes => find out where it gets set
no => maybe Lynx does not support META or maybe it
does not support ISO-8859-15 (the last does not sound
that unlikely given when Lynx was created).
Arne
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