Bug#592882: iceweasel: C1 control codes should not be interpreted as Microsoft characters
Vincent Lefevre
vincent at vinc17.net
Fri Aug 13 16:08:37 UTC 2010
Package: iceweasel
Version: 3.5.11-1
Severity: normal
According to the W3C[*], C1 control codes such as U+0080 should not
be interpreted as Microsoft characters. In the attached testcase,
Iceweasel displays a Euro symbol for U+0080, which is incorrect.
[*] http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-controls
Whereas the ISO 8859 family reserves the C1 range for controls,
Microsoft character sets (e.g. 1250-1258) place characters in this
range. Sometimes content authors mistakenly use the Microsoft
character code points in creating NCRs instead of using the Unicode
values. Because of the prevalence of this mistake, many browsers
display the Microsoft characters in this range. This is incorrect
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
behavior and further misleads the developer by incorrectly
^^^^^^^^
confirming the mistaken value. The problem may eventually be
discovered when the data is treated by some application, or when a
standards-conforming browser fails to display the intended
character.
-- Package-specific info:
-- Extensions information
Name: DOM Inspector
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/inspector at mozilla.org
Package: xul-ext-dom-inspector
Status: enabled
Name: Default
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
Package: iceweasel
Status: enabled
Name: Dictionnaire français «Classique»
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/fr-FR at dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org
Status: enabled
Name: Firefox Showcase
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{89506680-e3f4-484c-a2c0-ed711d481eda}
Status: enabled
Name: Flagfox
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{1018e4d6-728f-4b20-ad56-37578a4de76b}
Status: enabled
Name: Flashblock
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
Status: enabled
Name: Forecastfox
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{0538E3E3-7E9B-4d49-8831-A227C80A7AD3}
Status: enabled
Name: Greasemonkey
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{e4a8a97b-f2ed-450b-b12d-ee082ba24781}
Status: enabled
Name: HeadingsMap
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/headings at niquelheadings.net
Status: enabled
Name: Link Widgets
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/linkwidget at clav.mozdev.org
Status: enabled
Name: Live HTTP headers
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{8f8fe09b-0bd3-4470-bc1b-8cad42b8203a}
Status: enabled
Name: Open in Browser
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/openinbrowser at www.spasche.net
Status: enabled
Name: Pinger
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/janetka at pinger
Status: enabled
Name: Readability
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{6005d9b1-d115-485a-a92a-3f6453ca3fe2}
Status: enabled
Name: SearchStatus
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{d57c9ff1-6389-48fc-b770-f78bd89b6e8a}
Status: enabled
Name: Stylish
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}
Status: enabled
Name: Tab Mix Plus
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{dc572301-7619-498c-a57d-39143191b318}
Status: enabled
Name: Web Developer
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{c45c406e-ab73-11d8-be73-000a95be3b12}
Status: enabled
Name: X-Ray
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{3f1182ea-3243-4d32-8826-71fb1cc9c328}
Status: enabled
-- Plugins information
Name: DivXî Web Player
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
Package: totem-mozilla
Status: enabled
Name: DjVuLibre-3.5.22
Location: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/nsdejavu.so
Package: djvulibre-plugin
Status: enabled
Name: QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
Package: totem-mozilla
Status: enabled
Name: VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 2.30.2)
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-cone-plugin.so
Package: totem-mozilla
Status: enabled
Name: Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
Package: totem-mozilla
Status: enabled
-- Addons package information
ii djvulibre-plug 3.5.22-9 Browser plugin for the DjVu image format
ii iceweasel 3.5.11-1 Web browser based on Firefox
ii totem-mozilla 2.30.2-2+b1 Totem Mozilla plugin
ii xul-ext-dom-in 1:2.0.4-2 tool for inspecting the DOM of pages in Icew
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.1-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libnspr4-0d 4.8.6-1 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.4-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii procps 1:3.2.8-9 /proc file system utilities
ii xulrunner-1.9.1 1.9.1.11-1 XUL + XPCOM application runner
iceweasel recommends no packages.
Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.8.3+dfsg~beta1-1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii mathematica-fonts [tt 12 Installer of Mathematica fonts
pn mozplugger <none> (no description available)
ii ttf-lyx 1.6.7-1 TrueType versions of some TeX font
ii xfonts-mathml 4 Type1 Symbol font for MathML
pn xprint <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages xulrunner-1.9.1 depends on:
ii libasound2 1.0.23-1 shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii libatk1.0-0 1.30.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.8.10-4 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.4.2-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.4-8 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.1-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libhunspell-1.2-0 1.2.11-1 spell checker and morphological an
ii libjpeg62 6b1-1 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libmozjs2d 1.9.1.11-1 The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip
ii libnspr4-0d 4.8.6-1 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii libnss3-1d 3.12.7-1 Network Security Service libraries
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.44-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.0-1.1 SQLite 3 shared library
ii libstartup-notification 0.10-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libstdc++6 4.4.4-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.6-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
-- no debconf information
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