Posted by John Dunlop on 12/06/06 19:38

Michael Fesser:

> [Erwin Moller:]
>
> ><META HTTP_EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
>
> That's rather useless, because the real HTTP header will override it.

I wouldn't say useless, not altogether. If HTTP is not used, then
the highest priority way of determining the Content-Type is
unavailable, and the next highest priority way according to HTML4.01 is
the META tag. HTTP would not be used, for example, if a document was
saved and opened later from the filesystem.

> Better configure the server to send the appropriate content type.

Of course! But that doesn't stop you repeating yourself in a META
tag.

--
Jock

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