Posted by David Johnstone on 10/12/60 11:45

Jim Moe wrote:
> David Johnstone wrote:
> > The subject says it all. I'm trying to pipe text through a
> > process that replaces:-
> > < with &lt
> >> with &gt
> > Now I would like to include html in the text, but because of
> > this substitution (which I can't do anything about), none of
> > the html tags are recognised in the output.
> >
> Nope, you're screwed. If the process has no method for escaping what it
> is replacing, there is nothing you can do.
> Perhaps if you gave a few more details like operating system, the
> process (if standard), etc.?
> And I hope you meant "&lt;" and "&gt;".

Yes, I did meant that, thanks, and thanks also for your input.

This is for a web site where you can provide your own content,
but they don't want html. The way they keep html out is by
making the html server do these substitutions - or maybe directly
sunstituting in the source you provide. So I have no control over
that - all I could do is write some alternative in the source, or at
least I can't think of anything else.
Got to hand it to them - it's a clever and simple way of keeping
html out!

David

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