html TidyGUI

[Dirk Kruisheer]

Hello all,

I'm trying to convert some files from html into xhtml with HTML Tidy, GUI
version. It does a great job, except that it uncurls all the quotation
marks, single and dubble. There seems to be no difference between the
various options for character sets (I use UTF-8). How can I keep my smart
quotes?

Thanks, Dirk

[Daniel R. Tobias]

Re: html TidyGUI

Dirk Kruisheer wrote:
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> I'm trying to convert some files from html into xhtml with HTML Tidy, GUI
> version. It does a great job, except that it uncurls all the quotation
> marks, single and dubble. There seems to be no difference between the
> various options for character sets (I use UTF-8). How can I keep my smart
> quotes?[/color]

Are you using the correct (UTF-8, Unicode) values for those characters,
rather than bogus proprietary characters in the #128-#159 range?

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[Dirk Kruisheer]

Re: html TidyGUI

Until now I never used any coding as my editor (EmEditor) on Win XP can show
and save any character including Hebrew etc. I tried “ and “
etc. But also this is turned into strait quotes. What other values are
there?

Dirk

"Daniel R. Tobias" <dan@tobias.nam e> wrote in message
news:noLfb.5469 $qK1.4730568@ne ws2.news.adelph ia.net...[color=blue]
> Dirk Kruisheer wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I'm trying to convert some files from html into xhtml with HTML Tidy,[/color][/color]
GUI[color=blue][color=green]
> > version. It does a great job, except that it uncurls all the quotation
> > marks, single and dubble. There seems to be no difference between the
> > various options for character sets (I use UTF-8). How can I keep my[/color][/color]
smart[color=blue][color=green]
> > quotes?[/color]
>
> Are you using the correct (UTF-8, Unicode) values for those characters,
> rather than bogus proprietary characters in the #128-#159 range?
>
> --
> == Dan ==
> Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/
> Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/
> Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/
>[/color]

[Dirk Kruisheer]

Re: html TidyGUI


"Daniel R. Tobias" <dan@tobias.nam e> wrote in message
news:noLfb.5469 $qK1.4730568@ne ws2.news.adelph ia.net...[color=blue]
> Dirk Kruisheer wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I'm trying to convert some files from html into xhtml with HTML Tidy,[/color][/color]
GUI[color=blue][color=green]
> > version. It does a great job, except that it uncurls all the quotation
> > marks, single and dubble. There seems to be no difference between the
> > various options for character sets (I use UTF-8). How can I keep my[/color][/color]
smart[color=blue][color=green]
> > quotes?[/color]
>
> Are you using the correct (UTF-8, Unicode) values for those characters,
> rather than bogus proprietary characters in the #128-#159 range?
>[/color]

Until now I never used any coding as my editor (EmEditor) on Win XP can show
and save any character including Hebrew etc. I tried &ldquo; and “
etc. But also this is turned into strait quotes. What other values are
there?

Dirk

[Dirk Kruisheer]

Re: html TidyGUI

[reposted in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.tools]

[Daniel R. Tobias]

Re: html TidyGUI

"Dirk Kruisheer" <d.kruisheer@xs 4all.nl> wrote in message news:<3f7fe742$ 0$48959$e4fe514 c@dreader3.news .xs4all.nl>...[color=blue]
> Until now I never used any coding as my editor (EmEditor) on Win XP can show
> and save any character including Hebrew etc. I tried &ldquo; and “
> etc. But also this is turned into strait quotes. What other values are
> there?[/color]

The wrong ones. :-)

Seriously, there are lots of ways so-called "smart quotes" can get
mangled by various software; for a case in point, see this page:

http://www.nbc.com/American_Dreams/

At least as of right now, it's got some oddball characters where
quotes and apostrophes belong, apparently the result of incorrect
character set conversions.

Personally, I stick to standard-ASCII straight quotes in my own sites;
they may not be as pretty, but they're safe.

--
Dan