Re: mod_mime and encoding

2001-08-25 Thread Rich Bowen
On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Joshua Slive wrote: > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Rich Bowen wrote: > > > OK, try this on for size: > > > > Looks good. > > A couple little points: The thing I quoted was the HTTP spec, not the MIME > spec. Also, I would probably refer to them as HTTP headers rather than > MIME

Re: mod_mime and encoding

2001-08-25 Thread Joshua Slive
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Rich Bowen wrote: > OK, try this on for size: > Looks good. A couple little points: The thing I quoted was the HTTP spec, not the MIME spec. Also, I would probably refer to them as HTTP headers rather than MIME headers. If I was to write the same thing, I would have made

Re: mod_mime and encoding

2001-08-25 Thread Rich Bowen
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Rich Bowen wrote: > OK, try this on for size: Note: I did not commit this yet. I wanted a little feedback before I did so. Thanks. > > > Index: mod_mime.html > === > RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod/

Re: mod_mime and encoding

2001-08-25 Thread Rich Bowen
OK, try this on for size: Index: mod_mime.html === RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod/mod_mime.html,v retrieving revision 1.44 diff -u -r1.44 mod_mime.html --- mod_mime.html 2001/08/22 02:22:46 1.44 +++ mod_mime.

Re: mod_mime and encoding

2001-08-25 Thread Rich Bowen
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Joshua Slive wrote: > I like the concreteness. For reference, the RFC says: > > The Content-Encoding entity-header field is used as a modifier to the > media-type. When present, its value indicates what additional content > coding has been applied to the resource, and thus wh

Re: mod_mime and encoding

2001-08-25 Thread Joshua Slive
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Rich Bowen wrote: > Question 1: Does the following seem to be a reasonable explanation of > what "encoding" means? Yes. > > Question 2: Should this go into the mod_mime docs, or is there > somewhere else where this would fit better? Yes, in mod_mime.html. > > ---

Re: mod_mime and encoding

2001-08-25 Thread Rich Bowen
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > > By using more than one file extension (see Section about multiple file > > extensions - link here), you can indicate that a file is of a particular > > type, has a particular encoding[,] > > ... or is presented in a particular language. Ah, yes

Re: mod_mime and encoding

2001-08-25 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
From: "Rich Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:09 PM > This evening I find myself working with mod_mime once again, and it > seems to me that the concept of Encoding (a la AddEncoding and > RemoveEncoding) is rather assumed, but does not appear to be actually > explained a