From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ross Smith To: egcs@cygnus.com Subject: HTML archives (was: Re: including ) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 20:07:00 -0000 Message-id: <34E349AB.17C8@nz.eds.com> References: <199802111618.LAA15720@caip.rutgers.edu> <34E2432D.4191@nz.eds.com> <199802112242.WAA18641@quickstep.stanford.edu> X-SW-Source: 1998-02/msg00563.html Mark Mitchell wrote: > > >>>>> "Ross" == Ross Smith writes: > > Ross> The list archive is returning the documents as HTML, but > Ross> neglecting to replace less-than and greater-than (and maybe > Ross> ampersand too, I haven't checked) with the appropriate > Ross> entity codes. > > This is kind-of a feature. I actually suggested doing things this way > early on because it means you can save (as source) a patch and patch > your sources with it. If the '<' became '<' that wouldn't be > possible. Perhaps the CVS server obsoletes this, but perhaps not; > it's sometimes nice to be able to try out someone's patch, or assist > them with it, before it's ready to be checked in. Ideally, of course, > we'd have both... I don't understand the problem. Netscape, and I assume any web browser, can save a page as plain text, which converts the HTML entities back into characters. (Please don't mail to me as well as the list, it just means I get it twice.) -- Ross Smith ............................. < mailto:ross.smith@nz.eds.com > Internet and New Media, EDS (New Zealand) Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand "Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?" -- Kelvin Throop III