Really - I was just kidding! It was a good point you made, and will be
done :)
more inline..
Warner Onstine wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: escaping characters
>
> > Warner Onstine wrote:
> >
> > > From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > > I assume you would want to do something like :
> > > >
> > > > #set( $catLink = "<a href=\"$linkStr\">$category.Name</a>" )
> > > >
> > > > ?
> > >
> > > After reading the docs that was actually the second thing I tried which
> > > didn't work. I think it would be a nice feature but don't know how much
> > > complexity it adds to the system.
> >
> > Not much. It's more of a "Does VTL really need this?" issue...
> >
> > > > I am asking because I have been playing with this for a while, but
> can't
> > > > make up my mind if I like it, and therefore haven't proposed it...
> > >
> > > I would say if it isn't going to work that way then the user docs need
> to be
> > > absolutely clear on that point.
> >
> > :)
> >
> > Can you imagine how long that list would be, mentioning all the things
> > that *don't* work?
> >
> > 1) C/Java style string escaping won't work.
> > 2) You can't sing to it.
> > 3) Sending flowers with a " is right out...
> > 4) ...
>
> No, I understand this, but how to escape special characters is something
> that should be explained, it did take me a little while to find this:
>
> When using the #set directive, string literals that are enclosed in double
> quote characters will be parsed and rendered, as shown:
>
> and to understand that that's why it was having a problem with href
> attribute being in double quotes, so I immediately started looking for a way
> to escape those characters, rather than try and think about it in a
> programmatical sense. It's what I'd used before in Java and C, so I was
> looking for the same solution.
I understand - it's a good thing to note something like "Unlike
languages such as C and Java, Velocity's template language does not
support escaping the ...."
>
> Does this mean that we need to add this to VTL, I don't know. I would say
> yes if there is a definite need for it. But that need can only be determined
> by looking through the archives and asking the users if this is something
> they had looked for and ended up working around.
That's why I brought it up. There are a few people that I know support
adding it, but wanted to bring the question into the public.
> > :)
> >
> > I'm just kidding - that's a good point.
>
> Well what I was talking about was this line in the user's guide:
>
> Suppose that $email is defined (for example, if it has the value foo), and
> that you want to output $email. There are a few ways of doing this, but the
> simplest is to use the escape character.
>
> Maybe by adding some additionaly line here like:
> Special note this does not escape anything other than variables, or
> something....
And directives...
\#if()
will render as
#if()
geir
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