language encoding

hi.
i have a file with japanese text. lets call it file.html.
when the file is loaded via a remote web server mozilla automatically
understands that this file contains japanese characters and displays
them properly.

if i take the very same file and publish it from my local system that
runs FC4 with apache 2.0.54, the web browser will not understand that
the file contains japanese characters. instead i need to manually select
the correct encoding after each reload of the file.

i have tried saving the file locally with different encodings, this did
not change anything. it very much seems to be a web server specific
problem, so the question comes down to if it is possible to have apache
send information to the client about the content encoding so that the
browser automatically understands it.

if it is possible, how do i do it?

/stig

"stig" <_nospam_stigerikson@yahoo.se> schreef in bericht
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> hi.
> i have a file with japanese text. lets call it file.html.
> when the file is loaded via a remote web server mozilla automatically
> understands that this file contains japanese characters and displays
> them properly.
>
> if i take the very same file and publish it from my local system that
> runs FC4 with apache 2.0.54, the web browser will not understand that
> the file contains japanese characters. instead i need to manually select
> the correct encoding after each reload of the file.
>
Your reading may start here
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod...defaultcharset

HansH