HTML display problem with JSP precompiling

[vinayakhalagatti]

Hi,
I have a static HTML file which is included in a JSP.
<jsp:include page="file" flush="true" > </jsp:include>

The HTML file contains a text like "writer—" (char code 8212 — iso-8859-1)

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If the JSP's are NOT precompiled, the out put is "writer—"
If the JSP's are precompiled, the out put is "writer?"

What could be wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Vinayak

[julien.dubois]

If you're using the ant "jspc" task, with jasper41, you can't define the encoding. By default it is UTF-8, and it cannot be changed.
Have a look here :
http://www.fwd.at/tomcat/build-using-ant-howto.html
and here :
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19622
So if you need iso-8859-1 (like I do), you have to use the HTML escape characters.
I've read it was corrected with Tomcat 5, and I'm waiting for it eagerly!