EncodeURL transformer?

[Stefan Podkowinski]

Hello,

I have a few quick questions regarding url encoding in cocoon. Say I
need to create a link with xslt like:
<a href="page?url={$url}&quote={$quote}">..</a>
a) whats the preferred way to encode this url value with cocoon?
b) why is the EncodeURL transformer actually a session id url rewriter
and will not encode my urls?

Regards,
Steve