On 3/27/07, Ian Bicking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Max Ischenko wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to validate my XHTML page (generated with Pylons/Mako) and > > got an error: > > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftesting.developers.org.ua%2F > > > > Warning /Line 104 column 41/: cannot generate system identifier for > > general entity "norestart". > > > > || <a href="/_pylons/selfupdate?svnup=yes&*n*orestart=yes">Update</a>| > > > > Obviously, w3c validators expects & to be encoded as & while it > > isn't. The url in question is generated with > > | <a href="${h.url_for(controller='selfupdate', svnup='yes', > > norestart='yes')}">Update</a> > > > > What should I do to automatically convert & to &? Do I need to write > > a Mako filter? Does current behaviour correct/expected? > > A filter is the right way to handle this. The URL shouldn't have & > in it. That's just the way you encode & in an HTML attribute. If you > put it in a Javascript string literal it definitely shouldn't be encoded. > > Templating languages that auto-encode or know the structure of HTML will > get this right (e.g., ZPT, Genshi, etc.). IMHO Mako should encode > strings by default too. But either way, it's a template concern, not > something url_for should handle.
Absolutely. Per my blog, if you escape things automatically, it'll break url_for when url_for is used to generated URLs for redirects that contain more than a single parameter ;) This is one place where Genshi helps me do the right thing automatically. Happy Hacking! -jj -- http://jjinux.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
