Re: MediaWiki escape function

*You do not need to use any extra tags or HTML entities in example code*.
 The code is automatically included in Mediawiki <pre> blocks, which
handles this for you.  (see Template:Single Example
<http://docs.webplatform.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Single_Example&action=edit>
which
inserts the preformatting tags, and Mediawiki's Help:Formatting
<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting> page)

Clearly, the instructions on the form need to be more clear.  My suggestion:

Raw example code (code will be escaped and syntax highlighting added
automatically)

I think the template is protected; I can make the change.

Be aware that the mark-up tags won't display properly in preview mode.
 This is a separate, Mediawiki bug, and happens regardless of whether or
not you escape the angle brackets yourself.

Sorry for the unnecessary extra work Rob!  Good approach, though, to come
up with a re-usable function to share with others.

AmeliaBR


On 31 July 2014 10:21, PhistucK <phistuck@gmail.com> wrote:

> It is in the form when you edit articles with the Examples template, if
> you have not seen it.
> Should I change the text for now, or keep it intact until you investigate
> further?
>
>
>
> ☆*PhistucK*
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Renoir Boulanger <renoir@w3.org> wrote:
>
>> Oh,
>>
>> Right.
>>
>> I haven’t seen that warning.
>>
>> Let’s visit why we cannot do that.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-07-31, 12:05 PM, PhistucK wrote:
>> > Are you saying that "Raw example text (no syntaxhighlight):" means I
>> should
>> > add <syntaxHighlight> to the example?
>> > Those parentheses told me the exact opposite. I never added it.
>> >
>> >
>> > ☆*PhistucK*
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Renoir Boulanger <renoir@w3.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> (Adding Eliezer, our SMW expert)
>> >>
>> >> I just made some tests on [0]. I wonder why it hasn’t been told yet,
>> but
>> >> it works! /o/
>> >>
>> >> Look at the source at, it shows a valid code sample and we didn’t need
>> >> to write escaped code.
>> >>
>> >> In short, this works :)
>> >>
>> >> <syntaxHighlight lang="html5">
>> >>   <some>HTML</some>
>> >>   <script>
>> >>     var hi = "world";
>> >>   </script>
>> >> </syntaxHighlight>
>> >>
>> >> Maybe we should update the Gotchas, and make sure the SemanticMediaWiki
>> >> form at the code samples actually use that extension directly, instead
>> >> of us writing the syntaxHighlight tag every time.
>> >>
>> >> Opinion?
>> >>
>> >>   [0]:
>> http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/dom/ValidityState/rangeOverflow
>> >>
>> >> On 2014-07-31, 7:43 AM, Renoir Boulanger wrote:
>> >>> Just to confirm a detail.
>> >>>
>> >>> Did you try freeform code  inside
>> >>>
>> >>> <syntaxHighlight>
>> >>>   var hi = "world";
>> >>> </syntaxHighlight>
>> >>>
>> >>> Its using GeSHI as a MW extension and you can specify language and
>> line
>> >> numbering.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Renoir Boulanger | Developer operations engineer
>> >>> W3C | webplatform.org
>> >>>
>> >>> http://w3.org/people/#renoirb  ✪  https://renoirboulanger.com  ✪
>> >>  @renoirb
>> >>> ~
>> >>>
>> >>> On July 31, 2014 4:06:09 AM EDT, PhistucK <phistuck@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> (I googled it, "mediawiki escape apostrophe")
>> >>>> Either use {{'}}, or (preferred, I believe) &#39; (twice, for the
>> >>>> double
>> >>>> one).
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I added it to the Gotchas page.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thank you for working on this!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ☆*PhistucK*
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Rob^_^ <iecustomizer@hotmail.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>   Hi et al....
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> It takes a long time to transpose HTML and java script examples into
>> >>>> media
>> >>>>> wiki friendly syntax....
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I have written a small MSIE context menu extension to help in the
>> >>>>> process... it uses the following escape function...
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> function htmlEscape(s) {
>> >>>>>     s = s.replace(/&/g, '&amp;');
>> >>>>>     s = s.replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
>> >>>>>     s = s.replace(/</g, '&lt;');
>> >>>>>     //s = s.replace(/"/g, '&quot;');
>> >>>>>     s = s.replace(/'/g, '\'');
>> >>>>>     s = s.replace(/=/g, '{{=}}');
>> >>>>>     s = s.replace(/\|/g, '{{!}}');
>> >>>>>     return s;
>> >>>>> }
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> with the help of
>> >>>> http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/WPD:Style_Guide/Gotchas
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Q1. How do I escape double-single quotes.... (‘’)... I have raised
>> an
>> >>>>> issue ticket for this, but a quick answer would be helpful. eg...
>> var
>> >>>>> foo=’’; gets transposed to var foo=;
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Q2. Are there any other gotcha’s for escaping html and script?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Once completed I can package an installer for IE, Webkit and Gecko
>> >>>> for ppl
>> >>>>> to use....
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Greetings from Australia.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Renoir Boulanger  |  Developer operations engineer
>> >> W3C  |  Web Platform Project
>> >>
>> >> http://w3.org/people/#renoirb  ✪  https://renoirboulanger.com/  ✪
>> >>  @renoirb
>> >> ~
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Renoir Boulanger  |  Developer operations engineer
>> W3C  |  Web Platform Project
>>
>> http://w3.org/people/#renoirb  ✪  https://renoirboulanger.com/  ✪
>>  @renoirb
>> ~
>>
>>
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