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decode_entities does not appear to decode this text

<span class="linksep1">•</span>

The sequence &#8226 is left untouched.

Is this correct/expected behavior, a bug, or what?

Thanks for any help.

R

Bob Walton wrote:
> Richard Bell wrote:
>
>> decode_entities does not appear to decode this text
>>
>> <span class="linksep1">•</span>
>>
>> The sequence &#8226 is left untouched.
>>
>> Is this correct/expected behavior, a bug, or what?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> R
>
>
> Perhaps you could clarify what "decode_entities" is? Is it some sub or
> module you wrote, or part of a CPAN module? If the latter, which one of
> the 6000+ modules is it a method of? Thanks.
>

Apologies, I should have been clearer. HTML::Entities.

R

Bob Walton wrote:
> Richard Bell wrote:
>
>> decode_entities does not appear to decode this text
>>
>> <span class="linksep1">•</span>
>>
>> The sequence &#8226 is left untouched.
>>
>> Is this correct/expected behavior, a bug, or what?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> R
>
>
> Perhaps you could clarify what "decode_entities" is? Is it some sub or
> module you wrote, or part of a CPAN module? If the latter, which one of
> the 6000+ modules is it a method of? Thanks.
>

Apologies, I should have been clearer. HTML::Entities.

R

Richard Bell wrote:
> Bob Walton wrote:
>
>> Richard Bell wrote:
>>
>>> decode_entities does not appear to decode this text
>>>
>>> <span class="linksep1">•</span>
>>>
>>> The sequence &#8226 is left untouched.
>>>
>>> Is this correct/expected behavior, a bug, or what?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>> R
>>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you could clarify what "decode_entities" is? Is it some sub
>> or module you wrote, or part of a CPAN module? If the latter, which
>> one of the 6000+ modules is it a method of? Thanks.
>>

Apologies, I should have been clearer. HTML::Entities.

R

Bill wrote:
> Bob Walton wrote:
>
>> Richard Bell wrote:
>>
>>> decode_entities does not appear to decode this text
>>>
>>> <span class="linksep1">•</span>
>>>
>>> The sequence &#8226 is left untouched.
>>>
>>> Is this correct/expected behavior, a bug, or what?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>> R
>>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you could clarify what "decode_entities" is? Is it some sub
>> or module you wrote, or part of a CPAN module? If the latter, which
>> one of the 6000+ modules is it a method of? Thanks.
>>
> He's using HTML::Entities to decode unicode for a bullet, and it does
> not seem to work well. Perl support for Unicode over Ā is still in
> the works for some modules.
>

Thanks Bill. Is there another more appropriate choice?

R

>>>
>> He's using HTML::Entities to decode unicode for a bullet, and it does
>> not seem to work well. Perl support for Unicode over Ā is still
>> in the works for some modules.
>>
>
> Thanks Bill. Is there another more appropriate choice?

Why should you have to decode this anyway? On my system, even decoded,
it will not display correctly outside of the browser. Why not leave it
as is?

Bill wrote:
>>>>
>>> He's using HTML::Entities to decode unicode for a bullet, and it does
>>> not seem to work well. Perl support for Unicode over Ā is still
>>> in the works for some modules.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Bill. Is there another more appropriate choice?
>
>
> Why should you have to decode this anyway? On my system, even decoded,
> it will not display correctly outside of the browser. Why not leave it
> as is?
>
Without going into overmuch detail, for my purposes (not display, but
rather analysis of content) the undecoded characters get royally in the
way. I assume something along the lines of s/&#([0..9]){1,4}/ / will
turn them all into ' ' but had hoped for something a bit better as there
is some useful semantics amongst the rubble.

R