[REBOL] Re: 'ML problem with literal quotation marks
From: bry:itnisk at: 16-Oct-2003 11:42
one not very happy solution would be the
usage of " if ML (hard to remember)
allows the passage of entities.
> * Andrew Martin
<[andrew--martin--colenso--school--nz]> [031015
17:31]:
> >
> > Hi, Tim.
> > > Cc: [Al--Bri--xtra--co--nz]
> >
> > That email address no longer exists!
> >
> > Try one of these:
> > [AJMartin--orcon--net--nz]
> > [Rebol--orcon--net--nz]
> > Or at work:
> >
[Andrew--Martin--colenso--school--nz]
> Sorry! Used the one from ML.r. Will
change.
> > Tim wrote:
> > > <html>
> > > <body><input type="text"
name="testing" value=""boo-boo"" />
> > > </body></html>
> > >
> > > The content as viewed in the browser
does not show {"boo-boo"} (with
> > or without the literal quotes)
> >
> > That's because the browser interprets
the "input" tag like this:
> > input type="text"
name="testing" value=""
> > In other words, the "value" attribute is
an empty string, which is why
> > the browser doesn't show {"boo-boo"}.
>
> I understand...
>
> > There's also a fault in my ML dialect,
as I never considered that people
> > might want to display text with double
quote marks. My ML dialect (or
> > maybe Build-Tag dialect) should check
every string! attribute value and
> > 'escape' any double quote marks inside
(so that people don't have to
> > worry about this.
>
> I would prefer that people didn't use
them. Currently what I'm doing
> is just eliminating them, however, sooner
or later some user is going
> to insist on it.
>
> Let me know when you have a solution.
> thanks
> tim
>
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