That's weird. I tried your code but I am unable to reproduce the html you got <span style...>.
If "user_name" is what you need: #view {{if auth.is_logged_in:}} {{=session.auth.user.name}} {{pass}} On Dec 8, 9:28 pm, Saurabh Kumar <saurabh.ca...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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