[Zope-dev] Content Type Meta tag stripping in zope.pagetemplate

[Miano Njoka]

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> """
> It is better to encode your Web pages in UTF-8, and serve them as such. In
> HTTP, the HTTP header has priority, then the meta name contained in HTML.
> Some Web pages have specific encoding. It happens often on the Web that the
> Web page encoding is different from the one specified in the file and/or
> the one specified in HTTP headers. It creates issues for users who receive
> unreadable characters on their screens. So the browsers have to fix the
> encoding on the fly. We had bug reports about Web sites sending BOM
> different from the HTTP header. We decided to make the BOM authoritative
> like webkit and IE, because there are more chances for it to be exact than
> the HTTP headers.
> """
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> http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/**2012/03/26/whats-new-in-opera-**
> development-snapshots-march-**26-2012<http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2012/03/26/whats-new-in-opera-development-snapshots-march-26-2012>
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In our case if a meta content type tag exists in a template, the HTTP
header charset parameter will always be set to the same value. Always.
There is no chance of a conflict. zope.pagetemplate should therefore not
opaquely strip out the meta tag.
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