International Union of Speleology

The Caver's Multi-Lingual Dictionary
Browser Settings Test Page

This page can help you check that your browser is displaying accented characters correctly. You can also check by looking at Concept 0 on the desired dictionary page. Most modern browsers now handle the different character encodings well, but if you have an old browser the notes below may help. If you know of other settings which you would like to contribute, please send them to the Editor for inclusion.

Test table

When your browser is set up correctly for a particular encoding shown in the table below (i.e. Latin-1, Latin-2, Cyrillic or Unicode), the characters displayed in the Char column will match their adjacent description for that encoding. For example, if your browser is set for Cyrillic encoding, then the description in the "Cyrillic" column should match the character displayed in the "Char" column.
Decimal &
Hex Code		 Char Latin-1
ISO-8859-1		 Latin-2 (CE)
ISO-8859-2		 Cyrillic
ISO-8859-5		 Unicode UTF-8
174 AE ® reg sign capital Z caron capital Y breve ® reg sign
207 CF Ï capital I diaeresis capital D caron capital R reversed Ï capital I diaeresis
232 E8 è small e grave small c caron small rectangular w è small e grave
251 FB û small u circumflex small u double-acute small h with stroke û small u circumflex
254 FE þ small thorn small t cedilla small y breve þ small thorn
350 015E Ş capital S cedilla
369 0171 ű small u double-acute
381 017D Ž capital Z caron

Notes on accents

grave = \ above
acute = / above
cedilla = lower part of 5 below
umlaut/diaeresis = two dots above 		circumflex = inverted v above
caron = v above
breve = u above
macron = horizontal bar above

Selected Setting Procedures

Netscape 3:
To set up:
1. Under "Options / General Preferences / Fonts":
"Latin 1": Set encoding to Proportional Font "Times New Roman" and "Script" as "Western".
"Latin 2": Set encoding to Font "Times New Roman" and "Script" as "Central European".

2. If your browser does not automatically switch to the right encoding when you load the Dictionary page, set its encoding manually, e.g. "Options / Document Encoding / Central European (ISO-8859-2)"

Netscape 4.7:
To set up:
1. Under "Edit / Preferences / Fonts":
For each of the Encodings: Western, Central European, and Unicode:
Set the Variable Width Font to "Times New Roman, Size 12" and the Fixed Width Font to "Courier New, Size 10".

2. If your browser does not automatically switch to the right encoding when you load the Dictionary page, set its encoding manually, e.g. "View / Character Set / Central European (ISO-8859-2)"

Internet Explorer 4:
First you need to have the required character sets on your computer. If you try the settings below and find that you do not have the required character sets, then one way to get them is to connect your browser to the Microsoft site where you upgrade your browser (Menu: Help / Product Updates), and choose to download, for example, the "Supplemental Web Fonts", and the "Pan-European Language Support".

To set up:
1. Choose View / Internet Options / General / Fonts
This will show the available general character sets in the "Character sets" box.
Choose a char set, e.g. "Central European", then choose the font you want for proportional and fixed-spacing.
This may then show a choice of encoding-types for that charset/font combination in the lower "Character set" box, e.g. ISO, Windows, or DOS. In the case of Central European, choose ISO, as that is the encoding which the Dictionary uses.

2. If your browser does not automatically switch to the right encoding when you load the Dictionary page, set its encoding manually, e.g. "View / Fonts / Central European Alphabet (ISO)"

Internet Explorer 5:
If you try the settings below and find that you do not have the required character sets, then one way to get them is to connect your browser to the Microsoft site where you upgrade your browser (Menu: Tools / Windows Update), and choose to download, for example, the "Supplemental Web Fonts", and the "Pan-European Language Support".

To set up:
1. Choose Tools / Internet Options / General / Fonts
This will show the available fonts for a given Language Script.
Choose the Language Script "Latin based", then choose the font you want for proportional and fixed-spacing, e.g. Times New Roman and Courier New, respectively.

2. If your browser does not automatically switch to the right encoding when you load the Dictionary page, set its encoding manually:
"View / Encoding / More", then either "Western European (ISO)", "Central European (ISO)", or "Unicode (UTF-8)", as appropriate.

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