From: alexandermomchilov@... Date: 2021-06-15T20:17:23+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:104288] [Ruby master Bug#17992] Upstreaming the htmlentities gem into CGI#.(un)escape_html Issue #17992 has been reported by AMomchilov (Alexander Momchilov). ---------------------------------------- Bug #17992: Upstreaming the htmlentities gem into CGI#.(un)escape_html https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17992 * Author: AMomchilov (Alexander Momchilov) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Backport: 2.6: UNKNOWN, 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Hi there, I was looking to unescape some HTML entities in a String, and I discovered that `CGI#.(un)escape_html` is **really** limited. Many StackOverflow questions share a similar disappointment, and point users to using the [htmlentities gem](https://github.com/threedaymonk/htmlentities): 1. https://stackoverflow.com/a/383561/3141234 2. https://stackoverflow.com/a/22926384/3141234 This solved my problem, but I feel like something this standard/universal should be built-in. To that end, I'm interested in working on merging the htmlentities gem into CGI's repo. Would this be a welcome change? * I've e-mailed the author (Paul Battley) privately, and got his blessing to do so. * It's MIT licensed, so that should be OK. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: