One solution is to have a variable called pound and put {{=pound}} in
the template.However there has to be a better way! On Jun 24, 9:31 am, apple <[email protected]> wrote: > If I edit my template in a text editor then the £ sign shows up > normally. If I edit my template in microsoft word and save as filtered > html (which gets rid of MS Office formatting) then it also shows the £ > normally if I open it directly in a browser. However when it is > returned from the web2py controller it does not display correctly. > > I notice in hex that in the text file the £ is represented by C2 A3; > but in the Word edited version it is just A3. I have tried using £, > £, £ but none of these worked. > > I guess there is a bit of converting, encoding and escaping going on. > How can I force the pound sign to show up?
