Syntax for class keyword in HTMLgen

sgtpepper google at jgarza.net
Sat Feb 22 19:16:59 EST 2003


Duncan Booth <duncan at NOSPAMrcp.co.uk> wrote in message news:<Xns93295BFCBC0Fduncanrcpcouk at 127.0.0.1>...
> google at jgarza.net (sgtpepper) wrote in 
> news:88e6fe6b.0302202200.6f84c81e at posting.google.com:
> 
> > I get 'Syntax error:  invalid syntax' with the error 'pointer'
> > pointing to the 'c' in 'class' since it is a reserved keyword.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> I haven't used HTMLgen myself, but a quick look at the code seems to 
> indicate that it lowercases all the attribute names. Since the 'lets make 
> Python case insensitive' movement haven't yet won the day, you could try:
> 
>    div = Div( align="left", CLASS="myclass" )
> 
> or any mixed casing that appeals.

HTMLgen does indeed downcase the HTML attribute keywords, so using
CLASS did the trick.  Thanks to all!




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