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[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / unicode_encoded_urls_and_recentchanges.mdwn

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@@ -11,3 +11,28 @@ the problem can be shown with an auto-setup'd ikiwiki without cgi when manually
 
 > Encoding issue, I figured out a fix. [[done]] --[[Joey]]
 
+>> the link text works now, but the link goes to
+>> `ikiwiki.cgi?page=uml%C3%A4ute&do=recentchanges_link`, which fails with
+>> "missing page". it seems that bestlink can't handle utf8 encoded texts. (the
+>> same happens, by the way, when using meta-redir to a page with high bytes in
+>> the name.)
+>>
+>>> The problem is that all cgi inputs have to be explicitly decoded to
+>>> utf-8, which I've now done for `recentchange_link`.
+>>>> thanks a lot, i think that closed the bug.
+>>> 
+>>> I cannot, however, reproduce a problem with meta redir. Here it
+>>> generated the following html, which redirected the browser ok:
+>>>    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=./../â/" />
+>>>> sorry, my fault -- it was the blank which needed to be replaced by an
+>>>> underscore, not the high byte character
+>>
+>> update: i've had a look at the git options; you could run git with '-z' (NUL
+>> termination) in the `git_commit_info` function; this would require some
+>> changes in `parse_diff_tree`, but otherwise completely eliminate the
+>> problems with git escaping.
+>> 
+>>> If you would like to develop a patch to that effect, I'd be glad to
+>>> drop the current nasty code.
+>>>> i'll have a look, but i'm afraid that's above my current perl skills.
+>>>> --[[chrysn]]