How Gecko Detects Web Page Encodings: Inside the State Machine and Distribution Algorithms

This article explains Gecko's multi‑layer encoding detection, covering its state‑machine approach, character‑distribution analysis, 2‑byte sequence modeling, the overall detection workflow, and the table‑based conversion process that maps all encodings to Unicode.

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How Gecko Detects Web Page Encodings: Inside the State Machine and Distribution Algorithms