discuss: conversion problem
Subject:
Re: conversion problem
From:
Dan Scott ####@####.####
Date:
10 Dec 2004 14:15:25 -0000
Message-Id: <fbb0d11d041210061555b072ea@mail.gmail.com>
Please... the problem is not with the perfectly valid UTF-8 encoding
produced by the XHTML style sheets. The problem is with the default
Apache configuration settings. Trust me -- I've dealt with encoding
issues as part of my job for years.
Or if you don't trust me, check out
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23421
Dan
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:52:05 +0000, David Horton ####@####.#### wrote:
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> > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, David Horton wrote:
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> > > Are you converting to XHTML or HTML? I think there is a problem with
> > > the DocBook-XSL stylesheets that produces the characters you describe
> > > when converting to XHTML. Unfortunately I cannot remember the
> > > workaround. Try using the stylesheets for HTML instead and see if the
> > > problem goes away.
> >
> > That helped. Do you know if there are any consequences linked with using
> > HTML stylesheets instead of XHTML stylesheets?
> >
> > Also Dan Scott's suggestion to change the webserver configuration was a
> > good idea. These two things combined will be the best solution, I think.
> >
> > Thanks for your help, guys!
> >
> > Tille.
>
> Now that you guys mention UTF-8 vs. ISO I think I can help point you
> toward a a fix for this. I believe that the XSL stlyesheet for XHTML
> has a different encoding than the stylesheet that produces HTML and this
> is what causes the strange characters. Changing the encoding in the XSL
> will take care of things, I think. I remember having this discussion a
> while back with Emma Jane Hogbin. She is the person who found the fix
> and may be able to shed some more light on this such as which file in
> particular she edited to make it work.
>
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> Dave
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