Setting $escmode to 1 using local doesn't seem to work.
Using embperl 1.36: [- $escmode=1 -]<a href=[+ do { '&' } +]>html escaped</a> <a href=[+ do { local $escmode=1; '&' } +]>html escaped?</a> <a href=[+ do { local $escmode=2; '&' } +]>url escaped</a> yields: <a href=&>html escaped</a> <a href=&>html escaped?</a> <a href=%26>url escaped</a> as you can see, the second line (with the local $escmode=1) does _not_ get html escaped. the same thing happens using a different nonlocal $escmode, and with $escmode value of 5. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]