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PHP, XML, and Unicode

Posted on March 1, 2006 by David Megginson

Update: in a comment John Cowan points out the obvious, that a UTF-8 escape sequence can never contain an ASCII character (because the high bit is always set, as I knew but failed to register). As a result, my xml_escape() … Continue reading →

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Scanning to PDF in Linux

Posted on January 26, 2006 by David Megginson

I scan documents for two main reasons: to have backup copies of my airplane’s technical logs (a plane can lose tens of thousands of dollars of value if the logs are lost); and to allow me to submit expense claims … Continue reading →

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