Hi, Joe and all, > The file in question, wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5.log, is *not* a troff file.
Yes! I fully agree with you! The server should join our agreement. At this point, the server still claims, to any browser fetching the file, it's serving application/x-troff-man. That is a server misconfiguration problem. (For the record: The server claims it's a 2.2.15 Apache on Red Hat.) I recommend trying to add a file ".htaccess" to the directory that serves http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT , with the two lines AddType text/plain .log AddCharset UTF-8 .log If that Apache happens to be configured to accept this per-directory .htaccess configuration (some are, some are not), that will cure the problem. Background information on this configuration is available at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/mod/mod_mime.html#addcharset http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/configuring.html#htaccess > There's no need for and special UTF-8, etc., handling. If you find a > few non-ascii characters in the file, you may safely ignore them. To tell people "this file has problems that you please ignore" is one way to deal with this. I think it's better to fix the problem. Tell the browsers, not the people. For that, simply remove the spurious "±" and use UTF-8. For what it's worth, my own present experience when I open http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5.log in my browser is this: * As the server tells the browser "this is troff", my browser does not know it could simply display the file itself, but instead, opens a pop-up "what to do with this file?". * I choose to open the file with the "gedit" text editor. * "gedit" complains loudly the file contains invalid characters. It is not certain which encoding to use. It suggests UTF-8 (the correct choice if it were not for the "±"), but warns me that content might be lost opening the file that way. Regards, Andreas, DJ3EI April 4,2015, Joe Taylor wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > DJ3EI wrote: >>> A detailed log of program changes since v1.3 r3673 is available here: >>> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5.log >> Regarding this particular file, I have found a few nits to pick: > The file in question, wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5.log, is *not* a troff file. It's > a perfectly ordinary text file. Any browser should be happy to download > the file. If the browser is not configured to display such a file > automatically, it will be happy to display it for you in NotePad, > WordPad, etc. Or you can save yje file and open it in any text editor. > Clicking on the filename in Windows Explorer will open it in NotePad. > > There's no need for and special UTF-8, etc., handling. If you find a > few non-ascii characters in the file, you may safely ignore them. > > The purpose of this log file is to track changes in program code > whenever they have been committed to our repository. > > -- 73, Joe, K1JT > >> The server tells my browser >> >> Content-Type: application/x-troff-man >> >> (For people that have curl, this can be tested with >> >> curl -I http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5.log >> >> with no need to download the whole file.) >> >> Why troff? This only causes brothers to refuse to display it. >> I think a simple >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> would be better. >> >> We have two UTF-8 non-breaking spaces and one UTF-8 "ü" in the file. >> So UTF-8 is called for, can't leave that out. >> >> But that does not fit entirely. We have one instance of non-UTF-8 - coding, >> too: >> >>> Version numbers are now stored in Versions.cmake and work in >>> concert with automatic svn revision lookup during build. The >>> version string becomes 'rlocal'± if there are any uncommitted >>> changes in the build source tree. >> There is this curious single byte, octal 261, behind the "'rlocal'". >> >> If iso-8859-1 coding were intended, this would produce the "±". In >> UTF-8, this byte makes no sense. Personally, I'm not sure whether >> that byte is signal (in which case it should be replaced by a UFT-8 ±) >> or noise. >> >> Greetings, >> >> Andreas, DJ3EI >> >> >> >> Joe Tayloer wrote April 4, 2015: >> >>> The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce Release Candidate 5 >>> for WSJT-X Version 1.4.0. Installation packages for Windows, Linux, and >>> OS X can be downloaded from the WSJT web site: >>> >>> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html >>> >>> Release candidate 5 (wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5) is stable and reliable; there are >>> just a few changes since -rc4. All rig-control problems reported to us >>> have been resolved. >>> >>> A detailed log of program changes since v1.3 r3673 is available here: >>> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-1.4.0-rc5.log >>> >>> Upgrading from a previous release of v1.4 will be seamless; there is no >>> need to uninstall a previous version or to move any files. >>> >>> If you are upgrading from WSJT-X v1.3 you must copy your log files into >>> a new location and re-enter your setup information. Full details and >>> instructions are provided here: >>> http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/ReleaseNotice.txt >>> You should also be sure to read the WSJT-X v1.4 User Guide. (Note that >>> some updates to the User Guide are still under way.) >>> >>> We expect that release candidate 5 will very soon become the "official" >>> version 1.4.0 of WSJT-X. >>> >>> Most of you know that the next program version, WSJT-X v1.5, is also >>> moving rapidly toward a first beta release. More than 100 users have >>> built this version themselves, from the open source code. They have >>> been exercising it thoroughly on the air, especially enjoying its >>> improved decoding speed and other new features. We plan to make >>> installable packages for WSJT-X-1.5.0-rc1 available very soon. >>> >>> Version 1.6 is also progressing nicely, in a special development branch. >>> Again, many users are regularly building this version from source >>> code. It will be the first WSJT-X version to support >>> VHF-UHF-Microwave-oriented modes from WSJT including JT4, JT65B, and JT65C. >>> >>> -- 73 from Joe, K1JT, for the WSJT Development Group >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> wsjt-devel mailing list >>> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, >> sponsored >> by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for >> all >> things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to >> news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. 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