FW: Mapfile metadata escaping params

[Frank Warmerdam]

Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have some values like:
>
> "wms_abstract" "this is my "abstract""
>
> ...which render parsing errors.
>
> Is it possible to 'escape' these in the mapfile?  I've tried:
>
> "wms_abstract" "this is my \"abstract\""
>
> ..with no success.

Tom,

The .map file allows quoting with either single or double quotes. So when
I want double quotes in a string I quote with single quotes.

  "wms_abstract" 'this is my "abstract"'

I don't know what I would do if I needed both single and double quotes
in a string.  It seems like backslash escape, or at least some mechanism,
should be enabled.

Best regards,
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