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Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitweb: Use character or octal escape codes (and add span.cntrl) in esc_path

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Nov 8, 2006, 18:24 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
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> Instead of simply hiding control characters in esc_path by replacing
> them with '?', use Character Escape Codes (CEC) i.e. alphabetic
> backslash sequences like those found in C programming language and
> many other languages influenced by it, such as Java and Perl.  If
> control characted doesn't have corresponding character escape code,
> use octal char sequence to escape it.
>
> Additionally use 'span' element with 'cntrl' attribute to mark escaped
> control characters. Add style for span.cntrl in the CSS.
Would have preferred the 'span' thing to be part of [1/2]...

Didn't I ask quot to be freestanding sub, not nested? That would make UPR vs CEC experiments easier and more pleasant.

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Message 15 of 16 in “Better unquoting of git quoted filenames; esc_path to escape pathnames for display”
  1. 0/2 Better unquoting of git quoted filenames; esc_path to escape pathnames for displayJakub Narebski, Nov 8, 2006
  2. 1/2 gitweb: Better git-unquoting and gitweb-quoting of pathnamesJakub Narebski, Nov 8, 2006
  3. 2/2 gitweb: Use character or octal escape codes (and add span.cntrl) in esc_pathJakub Narebski, Nov 8, 2006
  4. 0/2 gitweb: New improved patchset viewJakub Narebski, Nov 8, 2006
  5. 1/2 gitweb: New improved patchset viewJakub Narebski, Nov 8, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2006
  8. Jakub NarebskiNov 8, 2006
  9. 1/2 gitweb: New improved patchset viewJakub Narebski, Nov 8, 2006
  10. 2/2 gitweb: New improved formatting of chunk header in diffJakub Narebski, Nov 8, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiNov 8, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2006
  14. Jakub NarebskiNov 8, 2006
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2006
  16. Jakub NarebskiNov 8, 2006

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