From 6add828bc81c987d4a184a2224a34007490664ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Edward Z. Yang" Character encoding and character sets, in truth, are not that
-difficult to understand. But if you don't understand them, you are going
-to be caught by surprise by some of HTML Purifier's behavior, namely
-the fact that it operates UTF-8 or the limitations of the character
-encoding transformations it does. This document will walk you through
+ Character encoding and character sets are not that
+difficult to understand, but so many people blithely stumble
+through the worlds of programming without knowing what to actually
+do about it, or say "Ah, it's a job for those internationalization
+experts." No, it is not! This document will walk you through
determining the encoding of your system and how you should handle
this information. It will stay away from excessive discussion on
the internals of character encoding. This document is not designed to be read from top to bottom: it will
+ This document is not designed to be read in its entirety: it will
slowly introduce concepts that build on each other: you need not get to
the bottom to have learned something new. However, I strongly
recommend you read all the way to Why UTF-8?, because at least
at that point you'd have made a conscious decision not to migrate,
-which can be a difficult but rewarding task.UTF-8
+UTF-8: The Secret of Character Encoding
Asidesdiff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html index ea498147..a239de99 100644 --- a/docs/index.html +++ b/docs/index.html @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ information for casual developers using HTML Purifier.Speeding up HTML Purifier Explains how to speed up HTML Purifier through caching or inbound filtering. -UTF-8 +UTF-8: The Secret of Character Encoding Describes the rationale for using UTF-8, the ramifications otherwise, and how to make the switch.