[Zope] utf-8 values in attributes: non-escaped

[Jamie Heilman]

listdev@web.de wrote:
> I want to use Page Templates to create an input form with utf-8 values.
> Im using tal:attributes statement, but all utf-chars are escaped with 
> HTML-entities.

<form>
<input name="string" tal:attributes="value string:ÂÈÍÕÜÝ" />
<input name="python"
       tal:attributes="value python:'\xdf\xe5\xf1\xf7\xf8\xfe'" />
</form>
works for me in both 2.6.1 and CVS, though for some reason
python:u'\xdf\xe5\xf1\xf7\xf8\xfe' doesn't.

> I found the following email on list. The last statement is probably
> the reason for my problem. 

its not

> It should be possible to use page templates with utf-chars to create
> text input fields with utf-8 chars. The workaround would be to use
> textareas or even worse javascript to fill in the values.

What version of Zope are you using?

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