CGI.pm and "http-equiv"

powerhouse has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am trying to put:

<META http-equiv=Page-Enter content="revealTrans &#13;&#10;(Duration=0
+.8,Transition=23)">
<META http-equiv=Page-Exit content="revealTrans &#13;&#10;(Duration=0.
+8,Transition=12)">
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using CGI.pm's start_html()

however, it keeps outputing this on the html page:

<META name="Page-Enter" content= "revealTrans &#13;&#10;(Duration=0.8,
+Transition=23)">...
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So, I have tried a lot of different ways to do it, but cannot figure out how to put it in the start_html array to make it work.

I had to print it after the start_html() array, and it works, but I know that is not the proper place, so I would like to know how to put it in where it belongs.

If you know, I would appreciate your advice.

thx,
Richard

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Re: CGI.pm and "http-equiv" by antirice (Priest) on Nov 05, 2005 at 23:05 UTC
Try start_html with -head: `#!/usr/bin/perl -l use CGI ":all"; print start_html(-head => [ meta({ -http_equiv => "Page-Enter", -content =>"revealTrans (Duration=0.8,Transition=23)" }), meta({ -http_equiv => "Page-Exit", -content =>"revealTrans (Duration=0.8,Transition=12)" }) ]);` [download] This feature is documented within the CGI.pm documentation. Note, I removed the ` ` as they're `\r\n` encoded as HTML entities.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: CGI.pm and "http-equiv"
by antirice (Priest) on Nov 05, 2005 at 23:05 UTC

Try start_html with -head:

#!/usr/bin/perl -l


use CGI ":all";

print start_html(-head => [
            meta({
               -http_equiv => "Page-Enter",
               -content =>"revealTrans (Duration=0.8,Transition=23)"
            }),
            meta({
               -http_equiv => "Page-Exit", 
               -content =>"revealTrans (Duration=0.8,Transition=12)"
            })
]);
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This feature is documented within the CGI.pm documentation.

Note, I removed the 
 as they're \r\n encoded as HTML entities.

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