Only number two is likely to be cross-platform, though numbers 1, 3
and 4 could work if the codes are in UTF-8 (Unicode). It's not a
great idea to use a specific platform's high-ASCII codes for
documents which can be shared among many people now and in the future
-- much better to keep with a standard.
Avi
At 11:43 AM +0000 11/20/01, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>There are four ways to enter a character into an HTML attribute value:
>
>1. Typing the character itself, using the encoding of the HTML page,
> whatever that happens to be (eg "ç").
>
>2. Typing a character entity (eg "ç").
>
>3. Typing a decimal numeric character reference (eg "ç").
>
>4. Typing a hexadecimal numeric character reference (eg "ç").
>
>I think that the last of these doesn't work in versions of IE pre-dating
>v5 and in versions of NS pre-dating v6.
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