Hi Dean,
You wrote:
... Norwenglish lines of text into numeric entities (UTF-8) where needed.
What characters needs encoding into numeric entities when using UTF-8?
I try to avoid entities with exception for & < > " '
It is a small nuisance, of course. I do use them when I type (US English qwertyuiop keyboard) as I usually don't have a place to copy and paste. It does work quite well, though, when I copy and paste something I used entities or the numeric codes for into Outlook at work. Mostly at work I use a degree sign or a plus/minus sign but there is a lot to cover for foreign place and personal names that is not on my keyboard.
You're right. If you're using UTF-8 you only need to encode the characters that are special in HTML/XHTML/XML (&, < and >). Using numeric entities (or even named entities) in a UTF-8 file for characters that are outside the range of ASCII is usually a waste of space.
Does anyone have a good quick reference as to which characters are "good" on UTF-8? How about a faster or easier way to type them in? I wasn't aware (until this thread) that there was enough space for place name and personal name non-English characters in the UTF-8 standard.
Regards,
Gene Falck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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