jason, this is called 'entity notation'. the semicolon is a standard part of it. another example of an item in entity notation would be to replace "<" with < or the often abused blank space this entity notation is a general HTML thing, it's not zope-specific. jens on 1/30/01 17:49, Jason Cunliffe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > example: <img src="&dtml-absolute_url;"> > ^ > ^ > ^ > ? > > Please can anyone explain why <&dtml...> syntax has a semi-colon ; at the > end? > > What is for? > Why is necessary? etc > How to use/abuse it? > > thanks > >>>> Jason > _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )