Commit 1e822066 authored by Eric Covener's avatar Eric Covener
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Clarify the description of what mod_charset_lite does and doesn't do

Submitted By: Dan Poirier
Reviwed By: covener



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<identifier>charset_lite_module</identifier>

<summary>
    <p><module>mod_charset_lite</module> allows the administrator to
    specify the source character set of objects as well as the
    character set they should be translated into before sending to the
    client. <module>mod_charset_lite</module> does not translate the
    data itself but instead tells Apache what translation to
    perform. <module>mod_charset_lite</module> is applicable to EBCDIC
    and ASCII host environments. In an EBCDIC environment, Apache
    normally translates text content from the code page of the Apache
    process locale to ISO-8859-1. <module>mod_charset_lite</module>
    can be used to specify that a different translation is to be
    performed. In an ASCII environment, Apache normally performs no
    translation, so <module>mod_charset_lite</module> is needed in
    order for any translation to take place.</p>
    <p><module>mod_charset_lite</module> allows the server to change
    the character set of responses before sending them to the client.
    In an EBCDIC environment, Apache always translates HTTP protocol
    content (e.g. response headers) from the code page of the Apache
    process locale to ISO-8859-1, but not the body of responses.  In
    any environment, <module>mod_charset_lite</module> can be used to
    specify that response bodies should be translated.  For example,
    if files are stored in EBCDIC, then
    <module>mod_charset_lite</module> can translate them to
    ISO-8859-1 before sending them to the client.</p>

    <p>This module provides a small subset of configuration
    mechanisms implemented by Russian Apache and its associated