Thanks Kevin, that explains a lot. Then it's probably a good idea not to decode the question mark...
On Nov 1, 9:28 pm, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you are running into a specification of URL format that won't be > able to get around... > > ? is a reserved character in a URL. If it exists in the page name it must > be converted to %3f; or it will be thought of an argument separator. > > The difference is what can be viewed in a web page and what can be used on a > URL. > > Reserved characters in a URL are: > > Dollar ("$") > Ampersand ("&") > Plus ("+") > Comma (",") > Forward slash/Virgule ("/") > Colon (":") > Semi-colon (";") > Equals ("=") > Question mark ("?") > 'At' symbol ("@") > > A good reference page on this is: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~bloo/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding.htm > > > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Markus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When I create a page named "What?", the browser address bar reads "what > > %3f". > > > When I create a page named "Ülöfä", the browser address bar reads > > "ülöfä". > > > I expected "What?" to display as "what?". > > > Regards, Markus > > > On Nov 1, 9:08 pm, The Editor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When I type this in the address bar or in a link in a page, the ? > > > shows up fine... Are you talking about the actual page name? It should > > > be escaped there but so should your ü. So I'm not sure what you are > > > talking about here... > > > > Cheers, > > > Dan > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Markus <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > Umlauts are converted in the address bar. A page named "entwürfe" > > > > shows up as ".../entwürfe". Great. > > > > > But a page named "entwürfe?" shows up as ".../entwürfe%3f". > > > > > Bug? Limitation? Intention? > > > > > Regards, Markus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
