Forum OpenACS Q&A: Handling of '&' vs '&' in xowiki FormField

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1: Handling of '&' vs '&' in xowiki FormField
Posted by Richard Hamilton on 11/08/11 02:13 AM
When including an image using the following syntax:

[[image:itema&itemb_871x365.jpg|Item A and Item B]]

...xowiki does not recognise this as referring to the existing object called 'itema&itemb_871x365.jpg'.

Instead it creates a new content item called 'itema&itemb_871x365.jpg' complete with a link to upload this new object when the page is rendered.

Is there a way to 'escape' the ampersand to avoid this substitution. I am not sure if this is performed by xowiki or by the templating system.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

Regards
Richard

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2: Re: Handling of '&' vs '&' in xowiki FormField (response to 1)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 11/08/11 01:40 PM
The problem was that in HTML pages, the content of the link (between double square brackets) was not unescaped. I would not recommend to use funny characters, but since one can upload these files, this was clearly a bug in xowiki's link handling (now fixed in CVS).

All the best
-gustaf

http://cvs.openacs.org/changelog/OpenACS?cs=MAIN%3Agustafn%3A20111108123042