Tsiteerin Bob Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Does anyone know why the ~ (tilde) in a URL often shows up in
> the URL box in Mozilla as %7E   ??

0x7E or 126 in decimal is the ASCII code of tilde symbol. In urls a few special
characters (most notably the space within a filename) get automatically
converted,  but you can also represent the entire url in encoded form:

 http://users.ids.net/%7E%62%6f%62%72%65%61%64/%63%6f%74%6d%2e%68%74%6d

Aavo



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