Escape <> in python console output so python object display

gsherman · gsherman · commit ef92d63882e3 · 2007-03-24T04:01:45.000Z
git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk@6829 c8812cc2-4d05-0410-92ff-de0c093fc19c
diff --git a/src/app/qgspythondialog.cpp b/src/app/qgspythondialog.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ void QgsPythonDialog::on_edtCmdLine_returnPressed()
   {
     QgsPythonUtils::evalString("sys.stdout.data", output);
     QgsPythonUtils::runString("sys.stdout.data = ''");
-    
-    output += QgsPythonUtils::getResult();
+    QString result =  QgsPythonUtils::getResult();
+    // escape the result so python objects display properly and
+    // we can still use html output to get nicely formatted display
+    result.replace("<","&lt;");
+    result.replace(">","&gt;");
+    output += result;
     
     if (!output.isEmpty())
       output += "<br>";
@@ -56,8 +60,8 @@ void QgsPythonDialog::on_edtCmdLine_returnPressed()
     
     output = "<font color=\"red\">" + className + ": " + errorText + "</font><br>";
   }
-  
-  QString str = "<b><font color=\"green\">>>></font> " + command + "</b><br>" + output;
+   
+  QString str = "<b><font color=\"green\">>>></font> " + command.replace("<","&lt;") + "</b><br>" + output;
   txtHistory->setText(txtHistory->text() + str);
   edtCmdLine->setText("");
   
