[Javascript] "unterminated string literal" error

[Andy Harrison]

As an experiment, I'm trying to open a new window using a data URL.  In one
scenario I get an error and I don't understand why.

This works fine:

        window.open('data:text/html,%3Chtml%3E%0D%0A'+
        '%3Chead%3E%3Ctitle%3Etest%3C%2Ftitle%3E%3C%2Fhead%3E%0D%0A'+
        '%3Cbody%3E%3Ch1%3E42%3C%2Fh1%3E%3C%2Fbody%3E%0D%0A'+
        '%3C%2Fhtml%3E');


But if I put it in a string (e.g., the href attribute of a hyperlink,
preceded by "javascript:"), I get an "unterminated string literal" error:

        eval("window.open('data:text/html,%3Chtml%3E%0D%0A'+
        '%3Chead%3E%3Ctitle%3Etest%3C%2Ftitle%3E%3C%2Fhead%3E%0D%0A'+
        '%3Cbody%3E%3Ch1%3E42%3C%2Fh1%3E%3C%2Fbody%3E%0D%0A'+
        '%3C%2Fhtml%3E');");

I know it has something to do with %0D%0A (carriage-return, line-feed),
because both work fine if I remove them--but then the new lines don't show
up in the source code of the new window.  Not important, I know, but I'm
curious.  Any ideas why this is happening?

Andy
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