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(HTTP language/coding): Explain the rules for these strings.
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Richard M. Stallman 2005-03-08 03:01:55 +00:00
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@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ use the `well known' port for that service when accessing URLs. With
the possible exception of @code{telnet}, it is rare for ports to be
specified, and it is possible using a non-standard port may have
undesired consequences if a different service is listening on that
port (e.g.@: an HTTP URL specifying the SMTP port can cause mail to be
port (e.g., an HTTP URL specifying the SMTP port can cause mail to be
sent).@c , but @xref{Other Variables, url-bad-port-list}.
The meaning of
the @var{path} component depends on the service.
@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ URLs. These are actually vectors of the form:
@noindent where
@table @var
@item type
is the type of the URL scheme, e.g.@: @code{http}
is the type of the URL scheme, e.g., @code{http}
@item user
is the username associated with it, or @code{nil};
@item password
@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ is @code{t} for a fully-specified URL, with a host part indicated by
@findex url-set-attributes
@findex url-set-full
These attributes have accessors named @code{url-@var{part}}, where
@var{part} is the name of one of the elements above, e.g.@:
@var{part} is the name of one of the elements above, e.g.,
@code{url-host}. Similarly, there are setters of the form
@code{url-set-@var{part}}.
@ -317,7 +317,12 @@ Default is one hour.
@subsection Language and Encoding Preferences
HTTP allows clients to express preferences for the language and
encoding of documents which servers may honour.
encoding of documents which servers may honour. For each of these
variables, the value is a string; it can specify a single choice, or
it can be a comma-separated list in descending order of preference.
Each element can be followed by @samp{;q=@var{priority}} to specify
its preference level; e.g., for @code{url-mime-language-string},
@w{@code{"de, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7"}}.
@defopt url-mime-charset-string
@cindex character sets
@ -325,23 +330,22 @@ encoding of documents which servers may honour.
This variable specifies a preference for character sets when documents
can be served in more than one encoding.
HTTP allows specifying a list of MIME charsets which indicate your
preferred character set encodings, e.g.@: Latin-9 or Big5, and these
can be weighted. This list is generated automatically from the list
of defined coding systems which have associated MIME types. These are
sorted by coding priority. @xref{Recognize Coding, , Recognizing
Coding Systems, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
HTTP allows specifying a series of MIME charsets which indicate your
preferred character set encodings, e.g., Latin-9 or Big5, and these
can be weighted. The default series is generated automatically from
the associated MIME types of all defined coding systems, sorted by the
coding system priority specified in Emacs. @xref{Recognize Coding, ,
Recognizing Coding Systems, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@end defopt
@defopt url-mime-language-string
@cindex language preferences
A string specifying the preferred language when servers can serve
files in several languages. Use RFC 1766 abbreviations, e.g.@:
@samp{en} for English, @samp{de} for German. It can be a
comma-separated list in descending order of preference. The ordering
can be made explicit using `q' factors defined by HTTP, e.g.@:
@w{@samp{de, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7}}. It can be @samp{*} to get the
first available language (as opposed to the default).
files in several languages. Use RFC 1766 abbreviations, e.g.,
@samp{en} for English, @samp{de} for German.
The string can be @code{"*"} to get the first available language (as
opposed to the default).
@end defopt
@node HTTP URL Options