Of course, all instances of "http:/" in the examples below should actually be "http://";.
- Jim On Oct 23, 2008, at 12:12 AM, Jim Correia wrote: > Here's an example of why you need to do this. The trailing ; is > optional. > > Suppose you have a URL > > http:/www.example.com/someForm.cgi?mailto=jim©=YES > > So you write HTML like this > > <a href="http:/www.example.com/someForm.cgi?mailto=jim©=YES">Send > Mail</a> > > Your browser will decode the entities, and send > > http:/www.example.com/someForm.cgi?mailto=jim©=YES > > By not encoding the &, you have "wrecked" the link. > > When you encode as & your browser will decode the HTML attribute > value before constructing its request. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
