Re: [Lynx-dev] non-ascii characters in URLs

[Klaus-Peter Wegge]

ö or & etc. are allowed characters in an URL.
Sorry, but I don't understand your solution to access the
www.hörkomm.de site with lynx?

Thanks, Klaus


On Tue, 3 Jan 2012, Thorsten Glaser wrote:

> Klaus-Peter Wegge dixit:
>
> > The w3c validator says this file is valid html.
>
> The HTML may be valid, but the link still doesnÿÿt match the
> syntax for URIs. This is an IDN, and all links (in the HTML)
> *MUST* be in the form: http://www.xn--hrkomm-wxa.de/
> This is also the hostname to use in vhosts, etc.
>
> User agents MAY (but need not) render that in the non-ASCII
> form. Lynx doesnÿÿt (well mine ÿÿ I think thereÿÿs an option
> to link libidn now).
>
> bye,
> //mirabilos
> --
>  ÿÿHaving a smoking section in a restaurant is like having
>          a peeing section in a swimming pool.ÿÿ
>                                                 -- Edward Burr

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