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RE: The character 'ââââââââ ââÒ'
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'tsiL klaT-niwgyC lanoisseforpnU dna ragluV ehT'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:07:30 +0100
- Subject: RE: The character 'ââââââââ ââÒ'
- References: <006201c7e8bc$76b0ea70$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <faus15$r8r$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On 27 August 2007 16:53, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> Maybe if I try again, in UTF-8 encoding this time. Meanwhile just for new
>> content, I hear that corrupt perjurer Gonzales has just resigned. Hooray.
>>
>> I just read about it on tdwtf[*], so I wondered if it would work here too.
>>
>> So then: ÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâ
>>
>> .retcarahc taht retfa sdrawkcab enog evah dluohs gnihtyreveE .gnikrow s'ti
>> kniht t'nod I ,epoN
>>
>> ÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâÂÃâ
>>
>> Oh well, never mind.
>
> Firefox, on Windows, does indeed render the middle text in
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin.talk/3877 (link to the post I
> am replying to) in "correct" direction. So it *does* work (yes, UTF8 is
> required).
My FF doesn't show anything unusual at that page. What version are you using?
cheers,
DaveK
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