> On Sep 19, 2017, at 1:36 PM, Byron Davies <byrondav...@starshine.us> wrote: > > In strings, xexpr->xml converts "<>&” into <, etc. I’m sure this was > well-intentioned, but in my use of web-server, I use javascript scripts > through the (script “…”) form. In loop tests such as “i < n”, Javascript > does not grok the transformed text “i < n”. I tried workarounds for as > long as I could (e.g, using the “for key in lst” style of loops), but I > reached the end of the line when I wanted to change the contents of a table > cell using “cell.innerHTML = ‘<div …>’. >
HTML ≠ XML. You probably want `xexpr->html`. [1] `script` and `style` blocks in HTML aren't declared as CDATA because they're already deemed to be CDATA. [2] But in XML, they have no special status. Therefore, `xexpr->xml` is not merely "well-intentioned" — it's doing what it promises. [1] https://docs.racket-lang.org/txexpr/index.html?q=txexpr#%28def._%28%28lib._txexpr%2Fmain..rkt%29._xexpr-~3ehtml%29%29 <https://docs.racket-lang.org/txexpr/index.html?q=txexpr#(def._((lib._txexpr/main..rkt)._xexpr-~3ehtml))> [2] https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#h-6.2 <https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#h-6.2> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
