>Number: 3238 >Category: mod_mime >Synopsis: New directive suggestion: AddCharset >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 18 23:10:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.3 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE >Description: New directive suggestion: AddCharset
HTTP's default charset for Content-Type: is ISO-8859-1. This default value is very convenient for languages which are written with latin character. However it is not convenient for some other languages (e.g. Japanese), because we must specify a charset parameter explicitly and we are using not only one charset but many charsets. (e.g. iso-8859-1, iso-2022-jp, Shift_JIS, EUC-JP, and so on.) We can use ForceType and AddType directives to specify a charset parameter. Currently, if we set correct charset, we must set it for all text/* media types using such directives, but we don't use only one charset, as I've already written. Now I propose adding a new directive, AddCharset to the mod_mime. AddCharset directive allows us to set charset easily. I have already implemented it. The patch and its manual is available at following URL: <http://www.isoternet.org/~y-koga/Apache/> I hope you'll understand its necessity and merge it in next release. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] [you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] [If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request ] [from a developer. ] [Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]
