In message <3e10b8ff52.mar...@blueyonder.co.uk> you wrote:

> The following bytes were arranged on 16 Dec 2012 by Gavin Wraith :
> 
> > With NetSurf #739. If I browse
> > http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0173%3Atext%3DSym.
> > it displays OK. If I save or do a full save of the page, and then browse
> > the resulting local page the Greek text displays as garbage. Why is there
> > a difference?
> 
> This question's come up before.  It's probably because, when you fetch
> the file over HTTP, the server knows it's in UTF-8 and tells NetSurf so,
> but when you load a local file, RISC OS doesn't tell NetSurf what
> encoding it's in and so NetSurf is reduced to guesswork.  Presumably
> whatever encoding it defaults to is not the correct one in your case.

Thanks. I will have a look at the header and if necessary stick in the
right cantrap.
 
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Gavin Wraith (ga...@wra1th.plus.com)
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