meryl <[email protected]> writes: > That's what I thought until this happened. > > I didn't copy the code from a windows file; I hand wrote it from scratch in > gedit.... and gedit is putting a bom into the document.
...uh, OK. I stand corrected. It is a Microsoft /and/ GNOME horror. ;) Seriously, sorry: I have never, ever encountered this before, so I had no reason to expect it to show up. Thanks, also, for the warning, which I will keep in mind for future dealings with the GNOME stuff. > When I upload the html file (which has php scripts in it) I see the bom on > the web page. A standard html file without php scripts doesn't show the > bom. I've even opened up the file with Okteta to see if I can delete it that > way but Okteta doesn't show it. It's quite bizarre. But I really need to > find a way to remove it because it's there on the web page. Well, my temptation would be to fire up vi or Emacs on it, and use that, but I don't know if either of them is likely to preserve it also. So, I Googled and found you this as penance for being ignorant: http://www.xs4all.nl/~mechiel/projects/bomstrip/ That should sort you out fine. :) Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ [email protected] ☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons Looking for work? Love Perl? In Melbourne, Australia? We are hiring. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
