If I understand what you are asking, this is something I need as well. I am trying to create an entity_encode and entity_decode modifier (Like the html encode and html decode modifiers) that will encode (decode) all characters in the string that are special or illegal in XML.

If there is an easy (Or even not so easy) way of adding this without a nasty patch (i.e. replacing an entire method in DT_Var) I would love to hear about it. If there isn't I would like to propose that this be changed (i.e. added).

Adrian...

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Theune" ct@gocept.com To: zope-dev@zope.org Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 2:56 PM Subject: [Zope-dev] DT_Var modifier

Hi.

I am currently hacking the DTMLTeX product, (maybe gonna make a relase of

it ...) which

seems unmaintained, as the old owner isn't responding anymore.

What i needed for that, was a new modifier for dtml-var, called

"tex_quote", that I implemented

by "monkeypatching" DT_Var.Var .

My question now: Would it be possible to modify the DT_Var.Var.__init__,

so it can call

the parse_params in a way, that I only have to path the DT_Var.modifiers?

I think that wouldn't be

a big change, but i wouldn't need to monkeypatch the __init__ ...

I am willing to provide the changed code for that, if this gets accepted.

Greetings

Christian

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