-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris, I fixed it now and made use of xml:lang. Is it ok now?
Joachim > Whatever needs to be done, the current situation is pretty unbearable. > I'm guess that any module encoded as UTF-8 is being rendered with Code > 2000--which looks horrible for Latin. Since our goal (with Sword) is to > get all data into Latin, this is a problem that's going to get worse > with time. It's also just a generally bad solution since Code 2000 > doesn't encode all of the codepoints we use in all UTF-8 encoded > modules. (So we're forcing people to use a font that is frequently > incompatible with the module or unattractive to the point of not being > readable.) Letting the browser figure out which font to use worked a > lot better for me under Windows (which, let's face it, most of the > target audience will be using). > > BTW, with XHTML 1.1, the lang attribute is no longer valid. xml:lang > must be used instead. > > --Chris > > Don A. Elbourne Jr. wrote: > > Hugo, > > > > I agree. Ideally we would use the lang attribute. however, if I > > understand correctly, browser support is very limited for it. Using a > > class in the meantime seems to be the preferred practice. > > > > by grace alone, > > > > Don A. Elbourne Jr. > > http://elbourne.org > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hugo van der Kooij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 6:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] OSIS Web tool - unicode > > > >>On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Don A. Elbourne Jr. wrote: > >>>My suggestions is that we wrap any text needing a particular Unicode > > > > font > > > >>>with a span and give that span a class attribute that matches the > > > > language > > > >>>code. For example <span class="he"> for Hebrew. This will be more > >>>semantically rich and forward compatible. We can then specify the > > > > Unicode > > > >>>font in the CSS. > >> > >>If my interpretation of the HTML specs are correctly we should use > >>something like: > >> > >><span class="verse" lang=he"> > >> > >>See also: > >>http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#edef-SPAN > >>http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/dirlang.html#idx-lang_attribute > >> > >>Hugo. > >> > >>-- > >> All email sent to me is bound to the rules described on my homepage. > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hvdkooij.xs4all.nl/ > >> Don't meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, > >> for they are subtle and quick to anger. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>sword-devel mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel - -- <>< Re: deemed! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/niyPEyRIb2AZBB0RArFyAJ9cyW/TkB8qOXRHMzJdqHy9ws7RwACeN0Ru Q+8F13nzGFLsrmeVR0fakzg= =LwYn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
