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Re: [gopher] gopher++ (gopher1) protocol



> > Something along those lines, even though not necessarily gopher++: on
> > gopher://gopher.teply.info/1/test
> > i've put up a very simple UTF-8 test menu. Mainly it was out of curiosity
> > whether or not it'll work in any way.
> 
> I tested that before with my own test files, but since you published a 
> nice full set here are my results with the above URL:
> 
> Client		LC_CTYPE	Test 1	Test 2	Test 3	Test 4
> ==============================================================
> FF 3.5		UTF-8		OK	Fail	OK	OK
> FF 3.5		IS0-8859-1	OK	Fail	OK	Fail
> 
> Overbite	UTF-8		OK	OK	OK	OK
> Overbite	ISO-8859-1	Fail	Fail	OK	OK
> 
> Lynx 2.8.8	UTF-8		OK	Fail	OK	Fail
> Lynx 2.8.7	ISO-8859-1	Fail	Fail	OK	Fail
> 
> gopher 3.0.13	UTF-8		Fail	OK	OK	Fail
> gopher 3.0.13	ISO-8859-1	Fail	OK	OK	Fail
> 
> 
> ... and the above results are exactly why I suggested server charset 
> transcoding... I actually expected Overbite to Just Work(tm), but it 
> seems that it only works when the local charset is UTF-8. Also, it's 
> possible to make Lynx almost work by changing some charset options - the 
> above stuff is run with pretty much default settings.

That doesn't make sense. Isn't UTF-8 a superset of ISO-8859-1? I'm happy
that Overbite did the best, but I'm distressed it failed two of the 
ISO-8859-1 tests.

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