Hi Andreas, incidentally the same file from the SourceForge files area does get served as utf-8:
curl -I http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wsjt/wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5/wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5.log so it would appear that the web server at physics.princeton.edu is incorrectly tagging the file with the wrong MIME type. 73 Bill G4WJS. On 04/04/2015 20:43, Bill Somerville wrote: > On 04/04/2015 19:10, Andreas Krüger wrote: >> Hello, Joe and all, >> >> first, let me hasten to thank you for the splendid work you're doing! >> >>> A detailed log of program changes since v1.3 r3673 is available here: >>> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5.log >> Regarding this particular file, I have found a few nits to pick: >> >> The server tells my browser >> >> Content-Type: application/x-troff-man >> >> (For people that have curl, this can be tested with >> >> curl -I http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5.log >> >> with no need to download the whole file.) >> >> Why troff? This only causes brothers to refuse to display it. >> I think a simple >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> would be better. >> >> We have two UTF-8 non-breaking spaces and one UTF-8 "ü" in the file. >> So UTF-8 is called for, can't leave that out. > Correct, the file is a summary from two different source control system > logs (Subversion and git), both have authors around the globe using > their local alphabets. I compiled the file in Emacs and use UNICODE > which is saved as utf-8. >> But that does not fit entirely. We have one instance of non-UTF-8 - coding, >> too: >> >>> Version numbers are now stored in Versions.cmake and work in >>> concert with automatic svn revision lookup during build. The >>> version string becomes 'rlocal'± if there are any uncommitted >>> changes in the build source tree. >> There is this curious single byte, octal 261, behind the "'rlocal'". >> >> If iso-8859-1 coding were intended, this would produce the "±". In >> UTF-8, this byte makes no sense. Personally, I'm not sure whether >> that byte is signal (in which case it should be replaced by a UFT-8 ±) >> or noise. > Noise, that character should not be there. My source control log entry > and I probably mistyped when entering the original log entry. Sorry for > any confusion. >> Greetings, >> >> Andreas, DJ3EI >> > <snip> > > 73 > Bill > G4WJS. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
