Re: [PATCH 2/n] gitweb: Use '&iquot;' instead of '?' in esc_path

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Use "&iquot;" Latin 1 entity ("&#191;" -- inverted question mark =
>> turned question mark, U+00BF ISOnum) instead '?' as replacements for
>> control characters and other undisplayable characters.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Do you have something against our Spanish and Latin American
> friends?  ;-)
>
> I wonder if there is a more suitable replacement character that
> is accepted across scripts?

I have a suspicion that instead of finding an exotic character,
just showing the byte value in \octal, perhaps in different
color, might be more portable and easier.  For one thing, it
helps to show the exact byte value than just one substitution
character if you are troubleshooting gitweb.


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