Re: [O] Always use utf-8 for HTML export (No support for other coding systems)

[Jambunathan K]

Robert Horn <address@hidden> writes:

> Achim Gratz writes:
>
>> Jambunathan K writes:
>>> Always use utf-8 for HTML export (No support for other coding systems).
>>>
>>> For or against.  Please register your views.
>>
>> It is becoming more rare these days, but still possible that the
>> document encoding cannot be UTF-8 for whatever reason.  So if it's not
>> unduly complicating things, I'd suggest to avoid prescribing the UTF-8
>> encoding for any and all exports.
>>
>
> Chinese law mandates use of GB-18030, not UTF-8.  The two are losslessly
> and unambiguously convertable, but their bit encodings are different.
> They are accustomed to dealing with UTF-8 from other parts of the world,
> but might prefer to generate local pages in compliance with the law.

My proposal and patch to always use utf-8 stands annulled then.

> R Horn
> address@hidden
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