Re: Re: [BUG] OrgTbl exports raw ampersands in HTML

From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Ivan Vilata i Balaguer <ivan@selidor.net>
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: [BUG] OrgTbl exports raw ampersands in HTML
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:10:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8790.1286997033@alphaville.usa.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Ivan Vilata i Balaguer <ivan@selidor.net> of "Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:59:43 +0200." <87zkuinfcg.fsf@rampella.terramar.selidor.net>

Ivan Vilata i Balaguer <ivan@selidor.net> wrote:

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> Nick Dokos (2010-10-13 18:37:11 +0200) wrote:
> 
> > AFAIK, orgtbl-mode is a minor mode so that you can use org's table
> > generation facilities in other modes (e.g. text, or including a table
> > in a comment in a C/python/perl/foo source file, or in mail...)
> > In particular, it does not generate HTML. That is done by org's export
> > facilities. So either your description is inaccurate or my understanding
> > is flawed. Given the absence of responses, I suspect other people share
> > my bafflement.
> >
> > It would help if you described the process you used exactly:
> 
> Of course, Nick.  First, I write an HTML file like the attached one,
> which already has an OrgTbl table and the markers describing where it is
> going to be output.  Then I enable orgtbl-mode, I place the cursor over
> the table and press C-c C-c.  The table is output in HTML between the
> markers.
> 
> The problem is that "foo&bar" in the original table gets exported as
> "foo&bar", when it should be exported as "foo&amp;bar" to avoid spoling
> the HTML code.
> 
> I hope it's clear enough this time. :)
> 

Yes, thanks. I'll try it out later. FWIW, my mail reader does not see an
attachment in your message: all I get is the following attachmen with an external
body. Not sure whose fault that is though: maybe mh-e gets hopelessly confused
with it. Can you post the HTML file inline?

Thanks,
Nick

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