Q_24452189 example: how to use MacRoman codepage

This example shows how to use MacRoman and serves as an explanation with the original thread to help understand that all current browsers understand many encodings, under which MacRoman. It does not matter whether you come from a Mac machine or not. It only matters to have your http-equiv set correctly.

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I made a couple of copies of the original page

• MacRoman encoding, but wrong headers: MacRoman_original.html
• MacRoman encoding, correct headers: MacRoman_corrected.html
• UTF-8 headers, wrong encoding: UTF8_wrong.html
• UTF-8 headers, correct encoding: UFT8_corrected.html

Use the following code:

<-- correct with MacRoman -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=macintosh">

<-- correct with UTF-8 -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">