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24.3.50; eww does not display latin chinese rendition

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From: Ivan Kanis <ivan <at> kanis.fr>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50; eww does not display latin chinese rendition
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:26:21 +0100

1) emacs -Q
2) M-x eww
3) http://www.voyage-est.com/blogs/voyage-est/index.php?post/2013/10/02/Le-monde-chinois#c27
4) RET

The string Ya4mo4li4jia1 He2zhong4guo2 should be displayed as Yàměilǐjià
Hézhòngguó instead.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.20)
 of 2014-01-25 on tao.kanis.fr
Repository revision: 116155 rudalics <at> gmx.at-20140125143949-chzn6wzxtg3e4laj
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Message #8 received at 16568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Ivan Kanis <ivan <at> kanis.fr>
Cc: 16568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16568: 24.3.50; eww does not display latin chinese rendition
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:50:39 -0700

Ivan Kanis <ivan <at> kanis.fr> writes:

> 1) emacs -Q
> 2) M-x eww
> 3) http://www.voyage-est.com/blogs/voyage-est/index.php?post/2013/10/02/Le-monde-chinois#c27
> 4) RET
>
> The string Ya4mo4li4jia1 He2zhong4guo2 should be displayed as Yàměilǐjià
> Hézhòngguó instead.

Looking at the source, that seems to be

<py>Ya4mo4li4jia1 He2zhong4guo2</py>

which isn't, as far as I can tell, HTML.  But there seems to be
Javascript in the page that does some kind of transformation.

eww doesn't support Javascript.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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Message #11 received at 16568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ivan Kanis <ivan <at> kanis.fr>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 16568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16568: 24.3.50; eww does not display latin chinese rendition
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:32:19 +0100

January, 27 at 22:50 Lars wrote:

> Ivan Kanis <ivan <at> kanis.fr> writes:
>
>> 1) emacs -Q
>> 2) M-x eww
>> 3)
>> http://www.voyage-est.com/blogs/voyage-est/index.php?post/2013/10/02/Le-monde-chinois#c27
>> 4) RET
>>
>> The string Ya4mo4li4jia1 He2zhong4guo2 should be displayed as Yàměilǐjià
>> Hézhòngguó instead.
>
> Looking at the source, that seems to be
>
> <py>Ya4mo4li4jia1 He2zhong4guo2</py>
>
> which isn't, as far as I can tell, HTML.  But there seems to be
> Javascript in the page that does some kind of transformation.
>
> eww doesn't support Javascript.

And probably never will. I will close it.
-- 
I feel like a million tonight -  but one at a time.
    -- Mae West

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