[ic] "&" vs. "&" -- correct html links with interchange

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Jon Jensen)]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 uhwduhwd@hotmail.com wrote:

> I'm trying to validate the interchange generated webpages. But there is
> a
> 
> Problem:
> 
> The ampersand is nor correct. Within links it is important to have it
> as & - but interchange provides only an &
> 
> Example:
> 
> http://some.domain.com/cgi-bin/foundation/index.html?id=Tf8wEUwW&mv_pc=
> 356
> 
> is not valid, it must be:
> 
> http://some.domain.com/cgi-bin/foundation/index.html?id=Tf8wEUwW&mv
> _pc=356
> 
> that is valid.

The Interchange link generator is intended to generate actual links inside 
<a href="..."> tags, not a plain-text displayable link. If you just want 
to show a link on the page, you'll have to do that extra escaping 
yourself.

Jon