single apostrophe's ruining external linking

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Re: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by merlyn (Sage) on Dec 31, 2007 at 20:16 UTC
That's not legal HTML. First, get into the habit of quoting your attributes, so that would be something like `<a href=" ... ">`. Then, recognize what characters need to be HTML-entitized. And actually, in that case, since single quote in a double-quote attribute value is safe, you might not need to change anything. Oh, and this isn't Perl related at all. It's an HTML issue, so check sites like http://htmlhelp.com and such. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply] [d/l]
Re: single apostrophe's ruining external linking (match) by tye (Sage) on Dec 31, 2007 at 20:27 UTC
Then don't write invalid HTML. `<a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Formulation-of-Maxwe +ll's-equations-in-special-relativity">this link</a>` [download] produces this link. `[http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Formulation-of-Maxwell's-equ +ations-in-special-relativity\|that link]` [download] produces that link. Unmatched quotes in HTML attributes are currently rejected as too troublesome to try to DWYM. Note that either URL-escaping or HTML-escaping works in HTML links (as per the standard) so `<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q="vu do%22">"vu do"</a>` produces "vu do". Neither type of escaping currently work in `[http://...]` links but that is likely to change eventually (update: oh, URL escaping works in this case but not in other link types; HTML escaping doesn't work). - tye	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by davis (Vicar) on Dec 31, 2007 at 20:16 UTC
Hiya, Basically, use square brackets to create links on PerlMonks. Hopefully this link should work exactly as I expect; it was produced by this code: `[http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Formulation-of-Maxwell's-equ +ations-in-special-relativity\|this link]` [download] The pipe symbol separates the link target (your "href" bit) and the link name. So, to summarize, it's not the apostrophe, it's the linking syntax. Use the "preview" option. Incidentally (because you mentioned apostrophes), you don't pluralize "apostrophe" by putting "apostrophe-s" on the end. The correct plural is "apostrophes".... Yes, I'm way, way too twitchy about that, and it's nothing to do with being stuck in on New Year's Eve by my lonesome... sob. Happy New Year! davis Kids, you tried your hardest, and you failed miserably. The lesson is: Never try.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by shmem (Chancellor) on Dec 31, 2007 at 20:27 UTC
In the OP's title, "apostrophe's" doesn't mean plural, but "apostrophe is".	[reply]
Re^3: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by davis (Vicar) on Dec 31, 2007 at 20:44 UTC
Verily, d'oh. That's the kind of boot in the backside lonely drunkards like me need. Nice one :) davis Kids, you tried your hardest, and you failed miserably. The lesson is: Never try.	[reply]
Re^3: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 01, 2008 at 14:01 UTC
shmem thanks for sticking up for me. :-) but now that I think about it, is that a legal contraction? Like davis, I've been drinking. :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re^4: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by shmem (Chancellor) on Jan 01, 2008 at 14:24 UTC
Re: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by shmem (Chancellor) on Dec 31, 2007 at 20:18 UTC
Try `sprintf "%%%02x", ord "'"` instead: `[http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Formulation-of-Maxwell%27s-e +quations-in-special-relativity\|Maxwell's equation]` [download] Maxwell's equation --shmem _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 01, 2008 at 14:06 UTC
Thanks for edifying me everyone ... I definitely need to brush up on legal html (a New Years resolution I will probably never keep :-) ) , and to get into the habit of double quoting the link. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re^2: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by shmem (Chancellor) on Jan 01, 2008 at 14:31 UTC
Careful. The saying goes, that "the road to hell is paved with good resolutions"... ;) --shmem _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply]
Re^3: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 07, 2008 at 14:03 UTC
*the road to hell is paved with good resolutions* Now that I'm done with my New Year's drinking........ Does it then follow that *the road to heaven is paved with bad resolutions (intentions)*?? :-) Hope so. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re^4: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by shmem (Chancellor) on Jan 07, 2008 at 16:26 UTC
Re: single apostrophe's ruining external linking by Anonymous Monk on Jan 01, 2008 at 05:56 UTC
/me hands zentara a band aid for his buttocks :D	[reply]