From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jambunathan K Subject: Re: Always use utf-8 for HTML export (No support for other coding systems) Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:44:07 +0530 Message-ID: <87lia37qeo.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87r4jxr834.fsf@gmail.com> <87ip59xz4i.fsf@gmail.com> <87lia51llv.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87ip58ucji.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87sj4cnah2.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87mwukx3uo.fsf@gmail.com> <87r4jw34rc.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwukjryf.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <8738wcban3.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37204) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCMn7-0007CI-Tl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:14:23 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCMn6-0000zK-W4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:14:21 -0500 Received: from mail-da0-f44.google.com ([209.85.210.44]:47769) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCMn6-0000zE-PR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:14:20 -0500 Received: by mail-da0-f44.google.com with SMTP id z20so2332753dae.17 for ; Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:14:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Robert Horn's message of "Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:51:30 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Robert Horn Cc: Achim Gratz , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Robert Horn 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 > rjhorn@alum.mit.edu > > --