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

mod_mime and encoding

2001-08-25 Thread Rich Bowen
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 anywhere. Question 1: Does the following seem to be a reasonable explanation of what "e