Enable users to input formatted text

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I have a TextField() field that stores user entered text. However the
formatting is a bit weird, eg. new lines are lost when displaying that
field.

What is the best way to retain that formatting and also enable users
to format their inputs with either HTML tags or some rich text editors?

[BobAalsma]

Umm, I think you would then also invite/enable hackers to upload
unwanted thingies, such as viruses and scripts...

[pjrh...@gmail.com]

You've got to decide what you want to allow. If the users are trusted
you could allow them to input HTML, then you have to make sure its
marked as safe so the HTML is not escaped.[1]

Alternatively you could use a markup language that can be converted to
HTML.[2]

If you just want the newlines, you can convert them to HTML.[3]

Finally, theres a variety of different options for rich text editors,
for example django-tinymce[4]

1. http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/#safe
2. http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/#ref-contrib-markup
3. http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/#linebreaks
4. http://code.google.com/p/django-tinymce/

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django-tinymce looks like is what I need.

Thanks for pointing me to that.

[Gabriel Farrell]

If you have any trouble with tinymce look at Markdown in
django.contrib.markup, especially with the "safe" extension. Nice
lightweight solution.

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