My view file looks like : {{extend 'layout.html'}} {{=user_name}} <div id="chat"> <div id="chatlines" style="margin: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(22,44,22)"> {{for line in lines:}} {{=line}} {{pass}} </div>
<div id="chatform_box"> <form id="chatform" onKeyPress="enter(event);"> <fieldset> <div> <textarea cols="100" rows="3" name="statement" id="statement" /></ textarea> <input type="submit" value="chat" /> </div> <div> <select name="channel" id="channel"> {{for channel in channels:}} <option value="{{=channel.id}}"{{if channel.id==current:}} selected="selected"{{pass}}>{{=channel.name}}</option> {{pass}} </select> </div> </fieldset> </form> </div> </div> My controller is like def rooms(): # Require the socket.IO file response.files.append('http://cdn.socket.io/stable/ socket.io.js')#URL('static','js/socket.io.js')) response.files.append(URL('static', 'js/jquery.blockUI.js')) staff=auth.has_permission('delete', 'chat') lines=[] for line in rawlines: # Treat emote lines and other lines different from each other clazz=(line.deleted!=None and 'chat-deleted') or '' if line.emote: lines.append(DIV(line.statement,_id=line.id,_class=clazz)) else: lines.append(DIV(line.speaker.name, B(">"), " %s" % (line.statement, ),_id=line.id, _class=clazz)) # This puts the lines in the direction that makes more sense to read from top to bottom lines.reverse() # The list of channels available channels=db().select(db.chat_channel.ALL) # get logged in user name s=db(db.auth_user.id==auth.user.id).select().first() return dict(lines=lines,channels=channels,staff=staff,current=int(request.args[0]),user_name=s.name) The browser receives a html code like <div id="page"> <!-- Here my central body --> <!-- content --> <div id="content" style="width: 100%" > <span style="color: rgb(30, 30, 30)">abc</span> <div id="chat"> .. ... On Dec 8, 6:20 pm, lyn2py <lyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Saurabh, > > >> {{=user_name}} > > will only give: > > >> something > > in view, without the additional code (span, style etc that you > mentioned). > > If it doesn't work for you, please show us the actual code that is not > performing as expected. > > On Dec 8, 9:08 pm, Saurabh Kumar <saurabh.ca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks for you reply. > > > But my controller is not that simple, > > > The return statement actually looks like > > > return > > dict(lines=lines,channels=channels,staff=staff,current=int(request.args[0]) > > ,user_name=s.name) > > > On Dec 8, 5:49 pm, Vinicius Assef <vinicius...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In your controller, just return "something", without the dict(). > > > > [code] > > > return "something" > > > [/code] > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Saurabh Kumar <saurabh.ca...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > I am returning a dict (user_name="something") from my controller. > > > > > In my view, I am displaying it using {{=user_name}} > > > > > It generates an html code like... > > > > > <span style="color: rgb(30, 30, 30)">something</span> > > > > > but I am looking for just > > > > > something > > > > > Can I modify the output of response.write to achieve this? Is there > > > > some other way to achieve this? > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Saurabh