This is not strictly a web2py issue. Though it is a problem that apps
dealing with some character sets must deal with.
I confess that the source of my problem is that I have been delaying
reading-up on encoding and decoding far too long. But I'm pressed for time
and I'm sure that this is a simple issue to many of you.
Here's is it (slightly embarrassed):
It works if I hardcode a string in a script helper:
SCRIPT(" ... jQuery.prettyPhoto.open(images=%(images)s,titles=['olá',
'olé']);})" % dict(...images=images), _language='javascript')
It also works if (getting titles from the db, where it is stored as
"'olá','olé'" - note single quotes included):
SCRIPT(" ...
jQuery.prettyPhoto.open(images=%(images)s,titles=[%(titles)]);})" %
dict(images=images, titles=titles), _language='javascript')
However, if I try to parse from the db (where titles is stored as "olá|olé",
such as:
titles = [title.strip() for title in titles.split('|')]
The jQuery string is adequately adjusted to receive a list:
SCRIPT(" ... jQuery.prettyPhoto.open(images=%(images)s,titles=%(titles));})"
% dict(images=images, titles=titles), _language='javascript')
All works but when rendered by the browser I do not get: Olá instead I
get: olá
The same for Olé and olé
My goal is to have a user supplied string, such as: olá|olé
BTW this is a prettyPhoto widget I developed for plugin_wiki, which is
awesome :-)
Txs for the help,
Miguel
