From: Sean Chittenden <sean@...>
Date: 2002-10-01T17:08:12+09:00
Subject: Re: CGI::escape does form encoding

> The CGI::escape method does encoding for URL-encoded forms,
> including the substitution of space with "+", which is incorrect for
> non-form URLs. Is there a method which performs the correct encoding
> for URLs, substituting space with "%20"?

:-/ Not that I'm aware of... I ended up writing my own version that
handled this correctly... which, one of these days I should release if
I can decouple it.  Maybe try something chump like:

CGI::escape(str).gsub('+', '%20')

That's basically what's happening under the hood.  -sc

-- 
Sean Chittenden