[Mediawiki-l] Web page source - "strange" characters

[Frank Ralf]

> Here is what I have been experimenting.

> If I open that file with "Firefox" I get the following
> message:
> =======================================================
> XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
> Location: essai.xml
> Line Number 5, Column 9:	  Etoil?
>                   ---------------^
> =======================================================
> I don't understand why there is an error...
> How am I supposed to write it?

For converting text files to UTF-8 encoding Microsoft's own Notepad is very reliable in my experience (even if other editors claim to do the same).

hth
Frank