Text Minifier calls to Ajax Min and replaces hex values

[philoushka]

Repro:

1. Get a bootstrap css. I got mine from bootswatch

2. It's got selectors with hex values like this:

   .glyphicon-download:before {content: "\e026";}

3. Run the file through the text minifier.

4. Then find that selector, and find that the value of content is replaced by a square.

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Obviously the minifying is occuring in Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities.Minifier.MinifyStyleSheet(), and nothing to do with this application, but worth noting.

Is this an issue with the minifier or with the display of a char?
If so, how can we report it out?

The NuGet package is referencing Assembly AjaxMin.dll, v5.9.5229.26434

[sayedihashimi]

No idea. @madskristensen any clue?

[madskristensen]

It looks like an encoding issue. I'll take a look

[philoushka]

The call to MinifyStyleSheet() shows in VS as:

So it appears the minifier actually converts the hex values to the actual unicode character.

The minified string is then saved as UTF-8.

[sayedihashimi]

I've assigned to @MKristensen since he is investigating.

[PrithviPalSingh]

Hi Team,

Any update on this issue, as i have encountered same issue recently.

Regards,
Prithvi Pal Singh