Re: [PATCH] FAQ update on binary files (was Re: Determining which files are treated as binary)

Greg Thomas <thomasgd@omc.bt.co.uk> writes:
> If an HTML file is accessed by HTTP, then the HTTP headers will tell
> the client what the character encoding is.
>
> If the HTML file is accessed by other means (e.g. via local file
> access, ftp, etc.) then the client has to determine what the encoding
> some other way. The best way to do this is to add the http-equiv tag.
>
> >Is that important? Should all our www/ files have this?
>
> I wouldn't say it's vitally important as the files are normally served
> via http, but yes, all the HTML files should have it really.

Okay, committed in r15057, thanks.

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Received on Tue Jun 14 21:19:08 2005