[Orgmode] "%3f" shouldn't be unescaped in HTTP URLs
Quoting from Debian bug #573186[0]: Some HTTP URLs have literal '?' in them. Since '?' also separates the path from query arguments, it needs to be escaped in the first case. These are examples of the two cases: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F (literal '?') - http://www.google.com/search?q=org+mode (query separator) These are the URLs generated by Org mode when exporting them to HTML: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf? - http://www.google.com/search?q=org+mode I.e. '?' is left as is, but '%3f' is unescaped, producing the wrong URL (don't be fooled by the fact that Wikipedia actually accepts it ;) ). This makes impossible to correctly export an HTTP URL with a literal question mark in it. The solution would be to leave '%3f' as is, too, in the same way as '%27' has been left as is in the previous example. What do you guys think ? Cheers, --Seb [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573186 ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] "%3f" shouldn't be unescaped in HTTP URLs
Sebastien Delafond (el 2010-03-09 a les 17:36:16 +) va dir:: > Quoting from Debian bug #573186[0]: > > Some HTTP URLs have literal '?' in them. Since '?' also separates the > path from query arguments, it needs to be escaped in the first case. > These are examples of the two cases: > > - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F > (literal '?') > - http://www.google.com/search?q=org+mode (query separator) > > These are the URLs generated by Org mode when exporting them to HTML: > > - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf? > - http://www.google.com/search?q=org+mode > > I.e. '?' is left as is, but '%3f' is unescaped, producing the wrong > URL (don't be fooled by the fact that Wikipedia actually accepts it ;) > ). This makes impossible to correctly export an HTTP URL with a > literal question mark in it. > > The solution would be to leave '%3f' as is, too, in the same way as > '%27' has been left as is in the previous example. Hasn't anyone come across this behaviour? I think it's a bug which should be fixed since it makes some URLs impossible to write. And according to that last sentence, the solution doesn't seem too hard. Thanks and cheers, :: Ivan Vilata i Balaguer -- http://ivan.lovesgazpacho.net/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] "%3f" shouldn't be unescaped in HTTP URLs
On Mar 15, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Ivan Vilata i Balaguer wrote: Sebastien Delafond (el 2010-03-09 a les 17:36:16 +) va dir:: Quoting from Debian bug #573186[0]: Some HTTP URLs have literal '?' in them. Since '?' also separates the path from query arguments, it needs to be escaped in the first case. These are examples of the two cases: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F (literal '?') - http://www.google.com/search?q=org+mode (query separator) These are the URLs generated by Org mode when exporting them to HTML: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf? - http://www.google.com/search?q=org+mode I.e. '?' is left as is, but '%3f' is unescaped, producing the wrong URL (don't be fooled by the fact that Wikipedia actually accepts it ;) ). This makes impossible to correctly export an HTTP URL with a literal question mark in it. The solution would be to leave '%3f' as is, too, in the same way as '%27' has been left as is in the previous example. Hasn't anyone come across this behaviour? I think it's a bug which should be fixed since it makes some URLs impossible to write. And according to that last sentence, the solution doesn't seem too hard. Hi Ivan, the bug has not yet been fixed because my time is limited. Please consider submitting a patch. - Carsten ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
