So it's only used when compiling the JSP to a servlet? Kevin Jones Developmentor www.develop.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Barker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 30 January 2002 21:07 > To: Tomcat Developers List > Subject: Re: pageEncoding and Jasper > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Tomcat Developers List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11:55 AM > Subject: RE: pageEncoding and Jasper > > > > > pageEncoding should be the encoding of the file > containing the page, > > > should not it? > > > > I assumed that the encoding would be set as part of the > content-type > > header in the generated servlet, but I can't see the value > anywhere in > > the servlet code. > Your assumtion is wrong. The pageEncoding is only used to > set the encoding on the Reader when the jsp page is compiled. > See section 3.1 of the JSP spec. > > > > > >do anything. I can't use > > > > > > > > <%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=windows-1256" %> > > > > > > > > > > Why? > > > > Because IE hates it (although being fair that seems to be a > limitation > > of IE) > > > > Kevin Jones > > Developmentor > > www.develop.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > On Behalf Of jean-frederic clere > > > Sent: 30 January 2002 18:00 > > > To: Tomcat Developers List > > > Subject: Re: pageEncoding and Jasper > > > > > > > > > Kevin Jones wrote: > > > > > > > > If I add a > > > > > > > > <%@ page pageEncoding="windows-1256" %> > > > > > > > > (or any pageEncoding) > > > > > > > > What does Jasper do with this? I would expect this to be set on > > > > the content-type header but it's not. > > > > > > > > > >Jasper certainly parses the parameter > > > > and fails if I put an invalid value in there, I just can't > > > get it to > > > > > > > I have to use > > > > > > > > <META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html; > > > > charset=windows-1256"> > > > > > > > > Some of this might seem like a user question, but I'm more > > > concerned > > > > about how Jasper works and what it should be doing. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Kevin Jones > > > > Developmentor > > > > www.develop.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > <mailto:tomcat-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > For > > > additional commands, > > > e-mail: > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > <mailto:tomcat-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For > > > additional commands, > > > e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:tomcat-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For > additional commands, > e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>