Mike Ayers scripsit: > I thought that URLs were specified to be in Unicode. Am I mistaken?
You are. URLs are specified to be in *ASCII*. There is a %-encoding hack that allows you to represent random-octet filenames as ASCII. Some people (including me) think it's a good idea to use this hack to specify non-ASCII characters with double encoding (first as UTF-8, then with the %-hack), but the URI Syntax RFC doesn't say. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.reutershealth.com http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Humpty Dump Dublin squeaks through his norse Humpty Dump Dublin hath a horrible vorse But for all his kinks English / And his irismanx brogues Humpty Dump Dublin's grandada of all rogues. --Cousin James

