September 2014

We had a standard JSP header with logo and menu, and we used it to include a few static HTML pages (e.g. privacy policy and about us). We had multiple versions of the static content in different languages, and the non-English ones shows up in gibberish, although the menu shows up fine.

We already specified the encoding in our enclosing JSP page.

<%@ page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>

as well as specified the charset in the meta header

A common “workaround” is to convert the html to JSP to specify the encoding. However being lazy developers, we want a better solution. Eventually we found the hint to set the encoding in web.xml. We tweaked the extension from .jsp to .html and it works!



  
    *.html
    UTF-8

I was just issued a Lenovo ThinkPad T440p, not that I get to choose the model. Immediately I got down to customizing the quirks (to me).

1. Fn/Ctrl key swap
Ctrl-C Ctrl-V Ctrl-Z Ctrl-W all don’t work. Because in the Ctrl’s position is a Fn. This link explains why (so we could find the Fn key for ThinkLight in the dark), but I didn’t really need the ThinkLight so I swapped it anyway.

Go to BIOS > Keyboard/Mouse > Fn/Ctrl Swap > Enabled.

2. F1-F12 lock
F1-F12 could only be accessed with the Fn key. so F2 to rename became Fn-F2, and F5 to refresh became Fn-F5.

Press Fn-Esc to lock the Function keys.

3. Trackpad Scroll
I use a MBA at home so the two-finger scroll was reversed.

To keep myself sane, go to Control Panel > Mouse > Change Mouse Settings > ThinkPad > Advanced > Scroll > Two-Finger Scrolling > Check Switch Direction.

4. Lenovo Message Center Plus
The big red icon on the taskbar was an eyesore to me.

Right click on the taskbar > Toolbars > Uncheck Lenovo Solution Center.

Month: September 2014

Wrong encoding when JSP includes HTML

Lenovo T440p keyboard