Re: Accents in URLs

Richard Porter <ricp@minijem.plus.com> wrote:

>On 10 Mar 2014 Jeremy Nicoll - ml netsurf wrote:
>
>> Tim Hill <tim@timil.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>Just came across this URL which opens in 'other' browsers but not in RISC
>>>OS NetSurf here. Okay, I'll admit to using an old version (3.1 #1298)
>>>but no doubt I'll be told if later versions do cope. ;-)
>>>
>>>http://dahlström.net/svg/favicon/favicon.html
>>>
>>>(which StronEd doesn't but Pluto translates to
>>>http://dahlstr%F6m.net/svg/favicon/favicon.html)
>
>> That looks right, but
>
>>>http://dahlstr&ouml;m.net/svg/favicon/favicon.html
>>>and this
>>>http://dahlstr&#246;m.net/svg/favicon/favicon.html
>
> > those should not work; the "&xxx;" things are valid inside HTML whereas
> > inside a URL you need to follow the rules for encoding funny characters
> > in URLs, ie the %xx values.
>
> http://dahlstrom.net/ does resolve although the site doesn't work in
> NetSurf.

And? First this seems to me to have no bearing on what I posted, so why
quote it? ... and second the OP mentioned that the sites with and without
the accent are different sites so it's hardly a surprise that the unaccented
URL "does resolve".

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