National-character conversion

[Albert A. Modderkolk]

Is there a tool that converts, for example, the u-umlaut into the ü
symbol?  Would be nice if it could convert any national-language
characters.

Thanks and regards, Albert
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[Tim]

On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 11:50 +0100, Albert A. Modderkolk wrote:
>  Is there a tool that converts, for example, the u-umlaut into the
> ü
>  symbol?  Would be nice if it could convert any national-language
>  characters. 
If you mean within HTML files, you can use HTML tidy and specify options
about input and output encoding.  Though, in this day and age, we've
probably got to the stage where you're better off using UTF-8, rather
than entities.

[Dotan Cohen]

On 31/01/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au&gt; wrote:
>  On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 11:50 +0100, Albert A. Modderkolk wrote:
>  > Is there a tool that converts, for example, the u-umlaut into the ü
>  > symbol?  Would be nice if it could convert any national-language
>  > characters.
>
>  If you mean within HTML files, you can use HTML tidy and specify options
>  about input and output encoding.  Though, in this day and age, we've
>  probably got to the stage where you're better off using UTF-8, rather
>  than entities.
>  
I second that. Set your locale to utf-8 and enjoy all it's benefits.

Dotan Cohen

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[Tim]

Albert A. Modderkolk:
> >> Is there a tool that converts, for example, the u-umlaut into
> the ü
> >> symbol? 
Tim:
> > If you mean within HTML files, you can use HTML tidy and specify
> options
> > about input and output encoding.  Though, in this day and age, we've
> > probably got to the stage where you're better off using UTF-8, rather
> > than entities. 
Dotan Cohen:
>  I second that. Set your locale to utf-8 and enjoy all it's
> benefits. 
Yes, definitely.  The HTML &entity; scheme is only usable in HTML, and
HTML-like formats.  UTF-8 can be used in many more formats.

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[Ulrich Drepper]

Tim wrote:
>  Though, in this day and age, we've
>  probably got to the stage where you're better off using UTF-8, rather
>  than entities. 
This is certainly the best advise.  If for some reason it's not
acceptable, there is recode:

$ echo Ä | recode -d ..HTML
Ä


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[Dotan Cohen]

On 31/01/07, Ulrich Drepper <drepper(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  Tim wrote:
>  > Though, in this day and age, we've
>  > probably got to the stage where you're better off using UTF-8, rather
>  > than entities.
>
>  This is certainly the best advise.  If for some reason it's not
>  acceptable, there is recode:
>
>  $ echo Ä | recode -d ..HTML
>  &Auml;
>  
Wow, recode is _nice_. I didn't know about this package before:

recode.i386                              3.6-22.fc6             extras
Matched from:
recode
The `recode' converts files between character sets and usages.
It recognises or produces nearly 150 different character sets
and is able to transliterate files between almost any pair. When exact
transliteration are not possible, it may get rid of the offending
characters or fall back on approximations.  Most RFC 1345 character sets
are supported.
http://recode.progiciels-bpi.ca/


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