decode utf-8 in recentchanges_link parameter

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / unicode_encoded_urls_and_recentchanges.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/unicode_encoded_urls_and_recentchanges.mdwn b/doc/bugs/unicode_encoded_urls_and_recentchanges.mdwn
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--- a/doc/bugs/unicode_encoded_urls_and_recentchanges.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/unicode_encoded_urls_and_recentchanges.mdwn
@@ -17,9 +17,19 @@ the problem can be shown with an auto-setup'd ikiwiki without cgi when manually
 >> same happens, by the way, when using meta-redir to a page with high bytes in
 >> the name.)
 >>
+>>> The problem is that all cgi inputs have to be explicitly decoded to
+>>> utf-8, which I've now done for `recentchange_link`.
+>>> 
+>>> I cannot, however, reproduce a problem with meta redir. Here it
+>>> generated the following html, which redirected the browser ok:
+>>>    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=./../â/" />
+>>
 >> update: i've had a look at the git options; you could run git with '-z' (NUL
 >> termination) in the `git_commit_info` function; this would require some
 >> changes in `parse_diff_tree`, but otherwise completely eliminate the
 >> problems with git escaping.
 >> 
+>>> If you would like to develop a patch to that effect, I'd be glad to
+>>> drop the current nasty code.
+>> 
 >> --[[chrysn]]