[WEB4LIB] Foreign Language Support in BBEdit?

[Avi Rappoport]

You don't want to use either Windows or Mac characters for HTML: they 
are nonstandard and often incompatible with browsers or search 
engines.  Much better to use the HTML extended character codes, which 
should be described in any HTML book.

I've discovered Dreamweaver will automatically insert HTML codes when 
you use the standard Mac key commands such as option-u before a vowel 
to add an umlaut.  To experiment with these key commands, use the Key 
Caps window from the Apple Menu (the Mac is actually very good at 
extended and diacritical characters).

Avi

At 7:05 AM -0700 5/1/2000, P. F. (Pat) Anderson wrote:
>Hi, Web4libbers,
>
>I'm hoping this is a quick question. We are converting a historic German
>text to a web version. The person doing the transcription and translation
>is working on a Mac. The unit handling the web site has recommended that
>she use TextPad for the markup. TextPad is Windows only. We've been
>fiddling with BBEdit, but it doesn't seem to have the same level of
>support for foreign languages as TextPad. We are looking for an easy way
>to manage the German language characters in BBEdit *OR* a program like
>TextPad for the Mac. Does anyone know of some extensions for BBEdit to
>handle the foreign language characters, or a way to insert ASCII codes
>and have them display as the foreign language character?
>
>THANKS in advance!
>
>Pat Anderson
>
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