It's a bug, and the regression suite even caught it :) http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2600
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Stephen Woodbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff, > > This is a good work around, but I think we need to ask the questions: > > What is the expected behavior? > Is this a bug, should it be a bug? > Should this behavior be documented? > Should this be bugged for 5.2 freeze? > > Clearly some code is translating the © for the GD renderer. > > Adding cc: mapserver-dev, let me know If you want to to generate a bug based > on this and assign it to 5.2 > > -Steve W > > Jeff McKenna wrote: >> >> What about using your operating system's character set? For example on >> windows pressing ALT-0169 gives the copyright sign, and on MAC pressing >> OPTION-G. So your mapfile snippet is: TEXT "(c)" >> >> -jeff >> >> >> >> >> On 6-May-08, at 9:32 AM, Schönhammer, Herbert wrote: >> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> Using* gd* the declaration "©"renders the "copyright"-Sign: >>> >>> LAYER >>> NAME "copyright" >>> REQUIRES .. >>> ... >>> >>> FEATURE >>> POINTS >>> 3 10 >>> END >>> END >>> ... >>> >>> CLASS >>> * TEXT "© xxx" * >>> LABEL >>> TYPE TRUETYPE >>> FONT 'arial' >>> SIZE 9 >>> POSITION cr >>> COLOR 0 0 0 >>> OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 254 >>> END >>> END >>> END # LAYER >>> >>> >>> >>> But using agg, the text ""© xxx" is rendered in the map. >>> >>> Please lokk at the examples ! >>> >>> Does anybody know, >>> how to render the html-code like done in gd ? >>> >>> Does anybody know another way to render signs like "copyright" with gd ? >>> >>> Thanks very much >>> >>> greetings >>> Herbert >>> >>> <<gd-rendering.gif>> <<agg-rendering.gif>> >>> >>> >>> <gd-rendering.gif><agg-rendering.gif>_______________________________________________ >>> mapserver-users mailing list >>> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org> >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mapserver-users mailing list >> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users