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=head1 NAME

safe_tag.wmk - "make safe" WebMake, EtText or HTML data

=head1 LOADING

  < use plugin="safe_tag" />

=head1 HTML TAGS

  < safe>
  ...some data with HTML tags or WebMake references
  < /safe>

=head1 PERL CODE

  <{perl

    $safe_text = make_safe ($unsafe_text);

  }>

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This WebMake Perl library provides a way to "make safe" WebMake, EtText or HTML
data, escaping all metacharacters appropriately so that content references,
EtText links or HTML tags are not interpreted.

=cut

-->

<{perl

  sub make_safe {
    my ($text) = @_;

    $text =~ s/\&/\&amp;/gs;
    $text =~ s/\</\&lt;/gs;
    $text =~ s/\>/\&gt;/gs;
    $text =~ s/\$/\&#36;/gs;
    $text =~ s/\[/\&#91;/gs;
    $text =~ s/\]/\&#93;/gs;

    '<!--etsafe--><pre>'.$text.'</pre><!--/etsafe-->';
  }

  define_preformat_tag ("safe", \&handle_safe_tag, qw());

  sub handle_safe_tag {
    my ($tagname, $attrs, $text) = @_;
    make_safe ($text);
  }

}>