So I'm running a parenscript tutorial using the following code:
(defparameter *js-string-delimiter* #\")
(hunchentoot:define-easy-handler (tutorial1 :uri "/tutorial1") ()
(cl-who:with-html-output-to-string (s)
(:html
(:head (:title "Parenscript tutorial, example 1"))
(:body (:h2 "Parenscript totorial: 1st example")
"Please click the link below." :br
(:a :href "#" :onclick (parenscript:ps (alert "Hello World!"))
"Hello World!")))))
The page renders, but the clickable link does not work. When I view the source, I get the following:
<html><head><title>Parenscript tutorial, example 1</title></head><body><h2>Parenscript totorial: 1st example</h2>Please click the link below.<br /><a href='#' onclick='alert('Hello World!');'>Hello World!</a></body></html>
Which does not work. I need the alert function closed in quotes ", not semi-quotes '. What am I doing wrong?
OK, after a bunch of looking around, I found that it appears the tutorial is wrong. Instead of using parenscript:ps to generate the code, you should use parenscript:ps-inline to get the quoting correct.
Hope this helps someone else.