URL Encoding removal

[Morris Gray]

I have a script I use that has changed it's behavior in 2.6.5 compared to 2.5 the script is
<script>var today=new Date();document.write('<font style="color:#666">'+'URL='+window.location+'</font>')</script>

The result now has URL encoding  in it for the spaces
URL=file:///V:/TiddlyWiki/TW%20Empty%202.6.5/TW%20Empty%202.6.5.html

How can I remove the encoding?

Thanks in advance

[Eric Shulman]

It's not clear to me why there is any difference between your document
built with 265 vs 250. The "window.location" variable is defined by
the browser, not the TWCore, so there should be no change in value due
to different TWCore versions. Also, I assume you are using the same
version of InlineJavascriptPlugin in both documents, so that wouldn't
be a source of the difference either.

Regardless of the cause, you can easily work-around the difference by
using
decodeURIComponent(window.location)
to convert "%20" back in to a true space character. This also
converts any other special character encoding that may be present in
the window.location value.

Thus, your script would be:

<script>var today=new Date();document.write('<font

style="color:#666">'+'URL='+decodeURIComponent(window.location)+'</
font>')</script>

Also, a few script code notes:

1) You don't seem to be using the "today" variable that you are
setting. Why is that code there at all?
2) Rather than using document.write(...) to generate the output using
HTML syntax, you could use TW syntax, and simply "return" the
resulting string for automatic rendering (a built-in feature of
InlineJavascriptPlugin handling for embedded scripts)

<script>
return '@@color:#666; URL="""'+decodeURIComponent(window.location)
+'"""@@'
</script>

* use '@@attr:value;...@@' to set the font color
* use """...""" surrounding the decoded window.location to prevent TW
from creating an external link (i.e., just render URL as text)

enjoy,
-e
Eric Shulman
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[PMario]

Hi,
I did notice, that FireFox changed there behaviour for
window.location. I think it started with version 13 and changed again
with version 14.
-m

[Morris Gray]

To clarify: The browser is FF 14.0.1 Both TiddlyWikis are identical except for the versions i.e. 2.5 vs 2.6.5.

It appears it must be a combination of the version of FF and TW is causing the encoding problem.  Whether it is worth exploring further I don't know.

1) You don't seem to be using the "today" variable that you are
setting.  Why is that code there at all?

It is a legacy of when the script was bigger and my being a cut and paste script writer:-)

Thanks very much Eric, your answers are always more than an answer but a lesson as well.  You deserve a beer for this one so I sent a you a 'Tip' to by one or two depending on the exchange rate:-).

enjoy,
M.