[thelist] displaying character entities in textareas

Pete Prodoehl pete.prodoehl at cygnusinteractive.com
Wed Nov 12 07:41:44 CST 2003


Jason Handby wrote:
>>I don't have a solution to your problem, but a suggestion... Instead of
>>using a text filter to change *foo* into <strong>foo</strong> have you
>>considered using Textile, the 'humane web text generator'?
>>
>>   <http://textism.com/tools/textile/>
>>
>>There are versions written in PHP, Perl, Python, and even ASP... I found
>>it very easy to use the Perl version written by Brad Choate into a
>>simple CMS I wrote...
> 

> If there's a repository of downloadable versions somewhere, I'd love to know
> where it is. They don't appear to be on his website anywhere. (An ASP.NET
> version would be great -- otherwise I guess I'll have to write one...)

Here's what I know...

Perl:

   <http://www.bradchoate.com/past/001653.php>

Python:

   <http://diveintomark.org/projects/pytextile/>

PHP:

   <http://www.textism.com/article/739/>

VBScript:

   <http://www.agresticism.org/kitchen/ports/textile/>


Any more?

Pete






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