Re^2: Encoding Decoding on multiple formats RFC

[thanos1983]

Hello AppleFritter,

Thank you for time and effort reading and replying to my request for comments. Hmmmm Unicode::Peek not a bad idea, it is exactly as you describe. The module meant to take a quick peek on the encoding. Well since I am also converting into hex why not Unicode::HexPeek?

Regarding the code tags, as fellow Monk hippo said I am using the <pre></pre> tags to encode the UTF-8 data.

Again thanks for the interesting ideas, I appreciate it. BR / Thanos

[kcott]

G'day Thanos,

"... using the <pre></pre> tags to encode the UTF-8 data."

That's quite correct to do that!

You also need to replace special characters with entities:

For	Replace	With
HTML	&	&
	<	&lt;
	>	&gt;
PerlMonks	[	&#91;
	]	&#93;

[The "HTML" ones are generic (i.e. not just for this site); The "PerlMonks" ones are specific to this site to prevent automatic link generation.]

These appear under the textarea when you're composing your message:

"You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. ..."

Unfortunately, that list is no longer there when previewing, nor when editing after node creation.

[thanos1983]

Hello kcott

Thanks for the tip, it worked perfectly.

Best Regards, Thanos

[AppleFritter]

Well since I am also converting into hex why not Unicode::HexPeek?

That also works. Personally I'd not get too specific however; perhaps you'll find yourself wanting to expand the module beyond hexadecimal "peeking" further down the road. Best not to paint oneself into a corner too early!

[thanos1983]

Hello AppleFritter,

You are absolutely right. Why to produce a dead lock to your self when you are just creating the module. Unicode::Peek it is. :D

Thanks again for the time and effort.