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Re: TECH: dumb html question

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Monday, January 12, 2004, 7:31
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Roger Mills wrote:

> Attentive Reader will have noted that in my just-uploaded > http://cinduworld.tripod.com/supplement.htm under the word "kikayoka" there > is a botched IPA rendering "['kjok?]". That "?" should be a schwa (hex > 0259, dec. 601). Is "&#601;" the correct way to encode that?
Yes.
> Then, do I have to change the "charset=iso-8859-1" to something else? (utf-8 > according to one website)
I'm pretty sure not, the charset says what character set the source is encoded as and says nothing about the characters that can be used, I think.
> And if I do that, do I have to change all the > other "&ccedil;", "&aacute;" etc. to numerics?? (No big deal, but > bothersome...)
No.
> Does "&schwa;" exist?
Not as far as I know. Would be nice, though.
> Please give an idiot-proof answer.
Idiot-proof enough? -- Tristan

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Roger Mills <romilly@...>