GNU bug report logs - #34711
26.1.92; eww-mode displays \327 whereas firefox displays × symbol

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>
Cc: 34711 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34711: 26.1.92;
 eww-mode displays \327 whereas firefox displays ×
 symbol
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 16:14:08 +0200

tags 34711 notabug
thanks

> From: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>
> Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 00:59:14 +1100
> 
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. M-x eww RET
>    http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/macros-standard-control-constructs.html
> 3. find line having: to print out the times tables
> 4. see: to print out the times tables from 1 \327 1
> 5. note: that \327 between 1 and 1; that should be 1 × 1 as seen in firefox
> 6. note: that colorised red \327 is said to be unprintable when trying to email

Type "E latin-1 RET", and Bob's your uncle.

This is not a bug: that URL is encoded in Latin-1, and EWW by default
assumes UTF-8.  Emacs just has different defaults and different
guesswork.

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