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<code><nowiki>{{la|*Lisp}}</nowiki></code> causes the asterisk to be processed as [[Help:Wiki markup#Lists|list markup]] and produces the broken: | <code><nowiki>{{la|*Lisp}}</nowiki></code> causes the asterisk to be processed as [[Help:Wiki markup#Lists|list markup]] and produces the broken: | ||
| − | {{la|*Lisp}}<!--This template call causes a [[Special:LintErrors]] error deliberately. Do not | + | {{la|*Lisp}}<!--This template call causes a [[Special:LintErrors]] error deliberately. Do not fix it. --> |
<code><nowiki>{{la|{{Encodefirst|*Lisp}}}}</nowiki></code> works correctly: | <code><nowiki>{{la|{{Encodefirst|*Lisp}}}}</nowiki></code> works correctly: | ||
Latest revision as of 15:04, 17 November 2020
| 40px | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Encodefirst. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template replaces the first character of the argument with its HTML entity if it is one of four wiki markup characters : ; * #. This can sometimes fix the issue at Help:Template#Problems and workarounds where a character may be processed as though it were at the beginning of a line.
Usage
{{Encodefirst|<string>}}
Examples
The output looks like the input whether a character is replaced or not.
{{Encodefirst|*Lisp}} produces: *Lisp
But the output will behave differently from the input in some situations where it is processed. For example, {{la}} fails as of August 2017 if its argument starts with *.
{{la|*Lisp}} causes the asterisk to be processed as list markup and produces the broken:
[[:
- Lisp]] (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?pages=
- Lisp&project=en.wikipedia.org views])
{{la|{{Encodefirst|*Lisp}}}} works correctly:
*Lisp (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)