RE: [Bug-gnubg] html export in gnubg

[Øystein Johansen]

>It's the same problems as with the SGF files.

Exactly!

>I'm not sure whether we should
>
>(a) convert the input text to ISO-8859-1 and store it internally as
>ISO-8859-1
>
>or
>
>(b) store the text internally as UTF-8 and convert to ISO-8859-1 before
>saving SGF, text and html.
>
>Of course, we may generate the html as UTF-8 by setting the appropriate
>Content-Type, but I prefer that the html is in ISO-8859-1 as this is the
>default Content-Type and all browsers should understand it.

Yes, this is an argument for choosing one of the above strategies, but
acctually it is most common to be living in China! If a user wants to
save the html/sgf code with a character set that fits his local
language, I think he/she should be able to do so. I'm studying Russian
these days, and I'm able to make comments in gnubg with cyrllic
letters, but I sure want these letters to be show in the html export
as well. I don't think an option of export character set is that
silly. The option can be hidden far down in the menu system.

Any opinions?

-Øystein