On Mar 7, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Rich Siegel wrote: > On Monday, March 7, 2011, Kim Mosley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What I'd like is for the unicodes to be let alone when I use Tidy. It >> seems that is the only way for browsers to display the right >> character. Is there a way to use Tidy, and not have the code of the >> page altered (the unicodes converted to their actual character)? > > First: I think there's a terminology problem here that is mixing things up. > :-) > > It sounds like you're using the term "unicodes" to refer to HTML entities: > they begin with an ampersand, have a few numeric characters (or sometimes a > name), and end with a semicolon. For example: "—" or "©". > "Unicode" has a specific meaning, and it's something else entirely. :-) > > Second: Note that Tidy does many things, and converting entities to actual > Unicode characters is one of them. Depending on why you're using Tidy, this > can either be a help, or a nuisance. Tidy isn't just a pretty printer: part > of what it does is rewrite your code in ways that it thinks are appropriate > -- even if you don't. :-) > > Third: If Tidy is converting entities to actual characters, and they are > displaying incorrectly in the browser, then your document either has an > incorrect character set declaration, or the web server is misconfigured and > providing the document in the wrong character set. If you're simply > previewing the documents and you observe incorrect display, than a missing or > incorrect character set declaration is the most likely explanation. > > Finally: if you're simply trying to pretty-print your code, the built-in > formatters (not Tidy) are the way to go. (See the formatter commands on the > Utilities submenu of the Markup menu.) The formatters will change the layout > of your code, but will not perform entity conversion or any other content > transformations. The "Pretty Print" option is probably your best bet. > > R. > -- > Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc. > <[email protected]> <http://www.barebones.com/> > > Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" > discussion group on Google Groups. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> > If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
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