From: Eric Covener Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:11:17 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Clarify the description of what mod_charset_lite does and doesn't do X-Git-Tag: 2.3.2~91 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aadfc541f88819a72e65b839e0ff3fd42bb619e7;p=apache Clarify the description of what mod_charset_lite does and doesn't do Submitted By: Dan Poirier Reviwed By: covener git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@740044 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_charset_lite.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_charset_lite.xml index 75e5790b5c..eea7ab9d7b 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_charset_lite.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_charset_lite.xml @@ -29,19 +29,16 @@ charset_lite_module -

mod_charset_lite allows the administrator to - specify the source character set of objects as well as the - character set they should be translated into before sending to the - client. mod_charset_lite does not translate the - data itself but instead tells Apache what translation to - perform. mod_charset_lite is applicable to EBCDIC - and ASCII host environments. In an EBCDIC environment, Apache - normally translates text content from the code page of the Apache - process locale to ISO-8859-1. mod_charset_lite - can be used to specify that a different translation is to be - performed. In an ASCII environment, Apache normally performs no - translation, so mod_charset_lite is needed in - order for any translation to take place.

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mod_charset_lite allows the server to change + the character set of responses before sending them to the client. + In an EBCDIC environment, Apache always translates HTTP protocol + content (e.g. response headers) from the code page of the Apache + process locale to ISO-8859-1, but not the body of responses. In + any environment, mod_charset_lite can be used to + specify that response bodies should be translated. For example, + if files are stored in EBCDIC, then + mod_charset_lite can translate them to + ISO-8859-1 before sending them to the client.

This module provides a small subset of configuration mechanisms implemented by Russian Apache and its associated