We would still need a separate flag in the component, this would just
require more advanced logic in the tag.

Again, I'm still afraid that it doesn't really count as encoding,
since a <br /> != '\n' according to the HTML spec.  it would have to
be something like &newline;


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:27:21 -0400, Sylvain Vieujot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  While coding this, I find that the idea to have an encodeNewLines attribute
> isn't really 100% satisfying, as to really reproduce the text submitted via
> a textarea (or even a standard text), with the formating, we also need to
> encode the subsequent blanks.
>  It's a bite overkill to have 2 attributes for this, as the real intent is
> (IMO) to either reproduce to formating entered by the user, or to ignore it.
>  
>  So, I have another suggestion : to add another value to the escape
> attribute : complete
>  So escape could be "false", "true" (standard) or "complete", to fully
> encode all relevant characters (including subsequent blanks, tabs & \n).
>  
>  Would this make you upgrade your votes to +0.95 ?? 
>  
>  Sylvain.
> 
>  
>  On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 12:44 -0400, Sylvain Vieujot wrote:
>  
>  A simple case where I think it makes sens (that's when I hit this problem)
> is when you input text via a text area, and then wants to use the user's
> text as a comment on a page.
>  Then, the formating is lost. In fact, it's in the source, but that doesn't
> make much difference to the user.
>  
>  That's why I thought the spec would have made this encoding the standard
> feature.
>  
>  Anyway, thanks for your feedback.
>  I'll add this attribute, and hope it'll be the standard way in future
> specs.
>  
>  Sylvain.
>  
>  On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 09:59 -0600, Heath Borders wrote: 
>  It seems like you juts shouldn't be worrying about '\n's in your output.
> That's basically presentation logic, and you needn't worry about it. That's
> what makes me a little hesistant about adding this. However, doing it as you
> said is easy to turn off, so +0.9 On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:51:20 +0200,
> Manfred Geiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +0.9 > > > On Tue, 29 Mar
> 2005 11:28:09 -0400, Sylvain Vieujot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >
> Indeed, as Oliver said, the spec says : > > "all angle brackets should be
> converted to the ampersand xx semicolon > > syntax when rendering the value
> of the "value" attribute as the value of the > > component." > > And doesn't
> mention anything about \n. > > This is a bit sad, but that's the situation.
> > > > > I think the simplest fix would be to add an encodeNewline (defaults
> false) > > attribute to x:outputText. > > > > I don't know about the
> pluggable interface, but it looks a bite complex to > > me for such a small
> requirement. > > > > Does everyone agree that I add this new attribute ? > >
> > > Thanks, > > > > Sylvain. > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 08:52 -0600,
> Heath Borders wrote: > > For something like <h:outputText /> its really not
> hard to write your own > > renderer, or to write a custom renderer. We could
> always apply logic like > > you're asking to an <x:outputText />
> tag/renderer. On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 > > 08:59:27 +0200, Mathias Broekelmann
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > wouldn�t it be nice to have a
> pluggable interface for those issues? > > > Setting escape to false requires
> the user to encode all characters to > > > valid html/xml. We also have a
> requirement to print <sup> or <sub> > markups > > which replaces special
> chars in the strings. That interface > could be > > retrieved and registered
> through an Application sub class. > > Mathias > > > > Oliver Rossmueller
> wrote: > > Sylvain Vieujot wrote: > > > >> By default, > >
> HTMLEncoder.encode( txt ) doesn't encode \n to <br/>. > >> So, > >
> <h:outputText> doesn't encode the new lines either. > >> > >> Is this > >
> expected ? > >> > >> My guess would be that by default, the new lines should
> > > be encoded. > > > > > > Sylvain, > > > > to not encode newline
> characters is > > expected behaviour, the spec does > > not require
> h:outputText to encode > > newlines. There is only the > > requirement that
> > > > > "characters that > > are sensitive in HTML and XML markup must be
> escaped" > > > > when the > > encode flag is set to true (which is the
> default). So if you > > need <br /> > > for newlines in your text you have
> to do it on your own (and > > don't > > forget to set encode="false" for the
> h:outputText in this case > > otherwise > > the <br/>s will end up on the
> user's screen). > > > > Oliver > > > >> > >> > > Sylvain. > > > > > > > > >
> > > 


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