[Zope-dev] dtml-var tag suggestion

[Casey Duncan]

I have been using dtml to create dynamic JavaScripts for some forms I am
creating. In doing this I came upon the standard problem of inserting
strings containing double quotes into a JavaScript such as where title =
'"Quoted String"':

form.select.options[0].text = "<dtml-var title>";

And you wind up with this rendered:

form.select.options[0].text = ""Quoted String"";

I know there is the html_quote and sql_quote options to alleviate this
problem elsewhere. From what I can figure there is no other quote fixing
magic option for the above in the current dtml-var implementation.

Perhaps an options could be added to dtml-var in the future to handle this;
maybe something like "slash_quote". So that you get this rendered:

form.select.options[0].text = "\"Quoted String\"";

Just a thought. For now I am just going to convert all double quotes to
single quotes automagically. I guess I could modify DT_var.py, but I know
it'll get stomped the next time I upgrade my install. I guess I could submit
my changed version for inclusion in a future release, how about that?