Closed Bug 4579 Opened 26 years ago Closed 26 years ago

"&142;" displays square instead of capital Z hacek

Categories

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect, P3)

All
Windows NT
defect

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VERIFIED FIXED

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(Reporter: cpratt, Assigned: rickg)

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Details

This is a mistake on the part of the page authoring software, but this page contains this HTML: SautŽed Mushrooms In IE 5, this displays as a capital Z hacek, which is (presumably) the right character to be displayed (?). Instead we're displaying the square that signifies a non-existant character (?). (On the Mac, it displays some other character that I don't recognize.)
QA Contact: 3847 → 4141
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
I changed it to be compatible with IE5, but this is a non-legal entity. Please don't ask for any more.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Right you are. I did a little bit of research and apparently early versions of IE and Microsoft Office used a bunch of illegal character numbers (from about 140 to 160, I can't remember exactly which ones) to represent things that at the time had no HTML equivalents (such as copyright and trademark symbols). Therefore, this is an invalid bug. Marking verified.
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